Influence of no-tillage and frequency of a green manure legume in crop rotations for balancing N outputs and preserving soil organic C stocks

Field Crops Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-195

  Zotarelli, Lincoln ^a,d   Zatorre, Natalia P ^a   Boddey, Robert M ^b   Urquiaga, Segundo ^b   Jantalia, Claudia P ^b   Franchini, Julio C ^c   Alves, Bruno J R ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological N 2 fixation; Grain yield; Green manure; Soil C sequestration; Soil tillage

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREEN MANURING; HARVESTING; LEGUME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL;

AVENA STRIGOSA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860435421     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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