Assessing carbon and nitrogen stocks of no-till systems in Oklahoma

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2011, Pages 28-33

  Abreu, Silvano L ^a   Godsey, Chad B ^b   Edwards, Jeffrey T ^b   Warren, Jason G ^b  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; No till; Organic carbon; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; CARBON STORAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLS; FARMING PRACTICES; NO-TILL; OKLAHOMA; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PUBLIC INTEREST; SAMPLE LOCATION; SOIL CARBON STORAGE; TILLAGE; TOTAL NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; RAIN; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FARMING SYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855201950     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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