Assessing the potential for greenhouse gas mitigation in intensively managed annual cropping systems at the regional scale

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-158

  De Gryze, Steven ^a,b   Lee, Juhwan ^a   Ogle, Stephen ^c   Paustian, Keith ^c   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Terra Global Capital   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; California; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas emissions; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TYPE;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CUCUMIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052867210     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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