Long-term soil organic carbon and crop yield dynamics on cropland in hilly and gully areas of loess plateau

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Liang, Y L ^a   Chen, C ^a   Xue, Q ^b   Lin, X J ^a   Peng, Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield; DNDC model; Loess plateau; Manure; Nitrogen fertilizer; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053186353     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2011.40.47     Document Type: Article

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