Soil carbon sequestration in the dryland cropping region of the Pacific Northwest

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 406-415

  Brown, T T ^a   Huggins, D R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Crop rotation; Soil organic carbon; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; DRYLAND FARMING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84866401294     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.67.5.406     Document Type: Article

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