The Potential for California Agricultural Crop Soils to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. A Holistic Evaluation

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 107, Issue C, 2010, Pages 123-162

  Suddick, Emma C ^a   Scow, Kate M ^a   Horwath, William R ^a   Jackson, Louise E ^a   Smart, David R ^a   Mitchell, Jeffery ^a   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California agriculture; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Conservation tillage; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954643532     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(10)07004-5     Document Type: Book

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