Organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in a Vertisol following 40 years of no-tillage, crop residue retention and nitrogen fertilisation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Dalal, R C ^a,b   Allen, D E ^a   Wang, W J ^a   Reeves, S ^a   Gibson, I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon; Crop residue; N fertilisation; Nitrogen; No till; Root biomass; Soil organic matter; Subtropical region; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; FERTILISATION; NO-TILL; ROOT BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; VERTISOLS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL CONSERVATION; TROPICS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BARLEY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VERTISOL; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79951550820     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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