Estimating net carbon emissions and agricultural response to potential carbon offset policies

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1132-1143

  Popp, Michael ^a   Nalley, Lanier ^a   Fortin, Corey ^a   Smith, Aaron ^a   Brye, Kristofor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Crop Soil and Environmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ORYZA SATIVA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960686443     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0517     Document Type: Article

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