Carbon, nitrogen, and greenhouse gas balances in an 18-year cropping system study on the northern Great Plains

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1493-1502

  Bremer, E ^a   Janzen, H H ^b   Ellert, B H ^b   McKenzie, R H ^c  

^a Symbio Ag Consulting   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Agriculture and Rural Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; N BALANCE; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; PERENNIAL GRASS; PROTEIN YIELD; SEED YIELD; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL SCALE; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SEED;

ROTATION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARIDOSOL; CARBON BALANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PROTEIN; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 83155181991     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0326     Document Type: Article

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