Twenty two years of tillage and mulching impacts on soil physical characteristics and carbon sequestration in Central Ohio

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-158

  Kahlon, Meharban Singh ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b   Ann Varughese, Merrie ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Conservation tillage; Mulch rate; Soil aggregation; Soil physical quality; Total C; Total N

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SILT; SOILS; STABILITY;

C SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL PHYSICAL QUALITY;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 84867770915     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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