Greenhouse gas emissions under conservation agriculture compared to traditional cultivation of maize in the central highlands of Mexico

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 237-244

  Dendooven, Luc ^a   Gutiérrez Oliva, Vicente F ^b   Patiño Zúñiga, Leonardo ^a   Ramírez Villanueva, Daniel A ^c   Verhulst, Nele ^d   Luna Guido, Marco ^a   Marsch, Rodolfo ^a   Montes Molina, Joaquín ^b   Gutiérrez Miceli, Federico A ^b   Vásquez Murrieta, Soledad ^c   Govaerts, Bram ^d  

^a Laboratory of Soil Ecology   (Mexico)

^b Secretaria de Educacion Publica   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Net global warming potential; Soil carbon content; Soil mineral N and water content

Indexed keywords

C SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CT TECHNIQUE; DEEP TILLAGE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FUEL USE; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; MAIZE PRODUCTION; ME-XICO; MINIMUM TILLAGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOILS;

CULTIVATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; FUEL; METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAIZE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TILLAGE; WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MEXICO; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; ZEA MAYS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861953475     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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