Carbon footprint of spring wheat in response to fallow frequency and soil carbon changes over 25 years on the semiarid Canadian prairie

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-184

  Gan, Yantai ^a   Liang, Chang ^b   Campbell, Con A ^c   Zentner, Robert P ^a   Lemke, Reynald L ^d   Wang, Hong ^a   Yang, Chao ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon gain or loss; Crop rotation; Environmental quality; Life cycle assessment; Soil organic carbon; Summerfallow; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON EMISSION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FALLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC SOIL; PRAIRIE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84864259305     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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