Changes in soil carbon sequestration, fractionation and soil fertility in response to sugarcane residue retention are site-specific

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-111

  Thorburn, P J ^a   Meier, E A ^a,b   Collins, K ^a   Robertson, F A ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Meier IT Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon fractions; Crop residue; Green cane management; Nitrogen mineralisation; Particulate organic matter; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON FRACTION; CROP RESIDUE; NITROGEN MINERALISATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NUTRIENTS;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP RESIDUE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUGAR CANE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84857138318     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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