Changes in soil organic carbon, nutrients and aggregation after conversion of native desert soil into irrigated arable land

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-269

  Li, Xiao Gang ^a   Li, Yin Ke ^b   Li, Feng Min ^a   Ma, Qifu ^c   Zhang, Ping Liang ^b   Yin, Ping ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Clay stability; Cropping; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING; CULTIVATED SOILS; DESERT SOILS; HORDEUM VULGARE; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MEDICAGO; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC C; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CULTIVATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LAND USE; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROTATION; STABILITY;

SOILS;

AGGREGATION; ALFALFA; ARABLE LAND; BARLEY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP ROTATION; DESERT SOIL; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WHEAT;

ACACIA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349126458     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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