Crop residue input and decomposition in a temperate maize-soybean intercrop system

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Vachon, Karen ^a   Oelbermann, Maren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentine pampa; carbon and nitrogen mineralization; legumes; soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; MINERALIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POTASSIUM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955124114     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3182104213     Document Type: Article

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