Organic carbon and stable 13C isotope in conservation agriculture and conventional systems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-557

  Fuentes, Mariela ^a   Govaerts, Bram ^b   Hidalgo, Claudia ^a   Etchevers, Jorge ^a   González Martín, Inmaculada ^c   Hernández Hierro, José Miguel ^c   Sayre, Ken D ^b   Dendooven, Luc ^d  

^a IRENAT ^*  (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C of C3 and C4 plants; Crop rotation; Gross SOC turnover; Zero and conventional tillage

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; ME-XICO; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL MASS; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPES; TREATED SOILS; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CROPS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; ROTATION; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; MAIZE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77149127709     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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