Soil carbon sequestration with continuous no-till management of grain cropping systems in the Virginia coastal plain

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 133-140

  Spargo, John T ^a   Alley, Marcus M ^a   Follett, Ronald F ^b   Wallace, James V ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Department   (United States)

^c Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Carbon sequestration; No till; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BIOSOLIDS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; COASTAL PLAINS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; NO-TILL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; VIRGINIA;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOSOLID; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL PLAIN; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION; FARMING SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

CARBON; CHELATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; QUALITY; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49849105383     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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