Soil-profile distribution of carbon and associated properties in no-till along a precipitation gradient in the central Great Plains

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Blanco Canqui, Humberto ^a   Schlegel, A J ^b   Heer, W F ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate tensile strength; Conventional till; No till; Precipitation gradient; Semiarid regions; Soil inorganic carbon; Soil organic carbon; Soil profile; Wet aggregate stability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SORGHUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

GREAT PLAINS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052836429     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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