Roots contribute more to refractory soil organic matter than above-ground crop residues, as revealed by a long-term field experiment

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 184-192

  Kätterer, Thomas ^a   Bolinder, Martin Anders ^a   Andrén, Olof ^a   Kirchmann, Holger ^a   Menichetti, Lorenzo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Equivalent soil mass; Humification coefficient; Long term field experiment; Roots

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; FIELDWORK; HUMIFICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL;

EID: 79954633467     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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