Soil carbon pools under poplar-based agroforestry, rice-wheat, and maize-wheat cropping systems in semi-arid India

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-118

  Benbi, D K ^a   Brar, Kiranvir ^a   Toor, A S ^a   Singh, Pritpal ^a   Singh, Hargopal ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

C; Labile carbon; Land use; Organic carbon fractions; Recalcitrant carbon; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGUME; MAIZE; RICE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 83555172441     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9475-8     Document Type: Article

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