Long-term tillage and residue management influences soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1211-1217

  Halpern, Moshe T ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Madramootoo, Chandra A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C AND N POOLS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CORN STOVER; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; LABILE FRACTIONS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NET GAIN; NET LOSS; NO-TILL; POTENTIALLY MINERALIZABLE C AND N; REDUCED TILLAGE; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC C; TILLAGE TREATMENT; ZEA MAYS L;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; LAKES;

SOILS;

LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RESIDUAL SOIL; SANDY LOAM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954579839     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0406     Document Type: Article

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