Integrating livestock manure with a corn-soybean bioenergy cropping system improves short-term carbon sequestration rates and net global warming potential

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 960-966

  Thelen, K D ^a   Fronning, B E ^a   Kravchenko, A ^a   Min, D H ^a   Robertson, G P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Compost; Corn (Zea mays L.); Cropping system; GWP; Manure; Soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION FIELDS; BEEF CATTLE; BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS REMOVAL; CARBON AMENDMENT; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN GROWERS; CORN STOVER; CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATIONS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DAIRY MANURES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GLYCINE MAX; LAND APPLICATIONS; LANSING; LIVESTOCK MANURE; RENEWABLE FUELS; SOIL CARBON; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COMPOSTING; ETHANOL; FERTILIZERS; FIELD EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTEGRATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROTATION;

MANURES;

BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPOST; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; ENERGY CROP; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; MANURE; SOIL CARBON; SOYBEAN;

EAST LANSING; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BOS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954863855     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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