Grain yield and carbon sequestration potential of post monsoon sorghum cultivation in Vertisols in the semi arid tropics of central India

Geoderma

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-97

  Srinivasarao, Ch ^a   Deshpande, A N ^b   Venkateswarlu, B ^a   Lal, Rattan ^c   Singh, Anil Kumar ^d   Kundu, Sumanta ^a   Vittal, K P R ^e   Mishra, P K ^a   Prasad, J V N S ^a   Mandal, U K ^a   Sharma, K L ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b Dry Farming Research Station   (India)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^e ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Critical carbon inputs; Crop residue; Farm yard manure; Leucaena green leaf manure; Sustainable yield index

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL; CENTRAL INDIA; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CONJUNCTIVE USE; CRITICAL CARBON INPUTS; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; FARMYARD MANURE; GRAIN YIELD; ORGANIC MANURE; POST-MONSOON; ROOT ZONE; SEMI ARID; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SUSTAINABLE YIELD INDICES; TROPICAL REGIONS; VERTISOLS;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; MANURES; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

FERTILIZERS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SORGHUM; VERTISOL; WATER MANAGEMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

INDIA;

LEUCAENA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84863405446     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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