Carbon accumulation at depth in Ferralsols under zero-till subtropical agriculture

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 784-795

  Boddey, Robert M ^a   Jantalia, Claudia P ^a   Conceiçao, Paulo C ^b   Zanatta, Josileia A ^b   Bayer, Cimélio ^b   Mielniczuk, João ^b   Dieckow, Jeferson ^c   Dos Santos, Henrique P ^d   Denardin, José E ^d   Aita, Celso ^d   Giacomini, Sandro J ^e   Alves, Bruno J R ^a   Urquiaga, Segudo ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Conventional tillage; Crop rotations; Ferralsol; Legume cover crops; Maize; Soil depth; Soybean; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ROTATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LEGUME; MAIZE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOYBEAN; SURFACE LAYER; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950065264     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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