No-till impact on soil and soil organic carbon erosion under crop residue scarcity in Africa

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1503-1512

  McHunu, Charmaine N ^a   Lorentz, Simon ^a   Jewitt, Graham ^a   Manson, Alan ^b   Chaplot, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NO-TILL; RAINY SEASONS; REDUCED SOILS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL LOSS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROTECTION; SOIL SURFACES; SOUTH AFRICA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBON; CROPS; EROSION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF;

SOILS;

CROP RESIDUE; MAIZE; RUNOFF; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; ZERO TILLAGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80054055510     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0359     Document Type: Article

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