Corn yields and no-tillage affects carbon sequestration and carbon footprints

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-770

  Clay, David E ^a   Chang, Jiyul ^a   Clay, Sharon A ^a   Stone, James ^b   Gelderman, Ronald H ^a   Carlson, Gregg C ^a   Reitsma, Kurtis ^a   Jones, Marcus ^c   Janssen, Larry ^a   Schumacher, Thomas ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Civil Engineering   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 84861218694     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0353     Document Type: Article

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