No-tillage increases soil profile carbon and nitrogen under long-term rainfed cropping systems

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Varvel, G E ^a   Wilhelm, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic carbon; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; CROPPING SYSTEMS; EQUIVALENT MASS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NEBRASKA; NO TILLAGE; NO-TILL; RAINFED; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SAMPLE; TILLAGE; TILLAGE SYSTEM; TILLAGE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DISTURBANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; ZERO TILLAGE;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79956068340     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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