Fall conservation deep tillage stabilizes maize residues into soil organic matter

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2154-2163

  Wingeyer, Ana B ^a   Walters, Daniel T ^a   Olk, Daniel C ^a   Arkebauer, Timothy J ^b   Verma, Shashi B ^a   Wedin, David A ^c   Francis, Charles A ^c   Drijber, Rhae A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CONTACT SURFACE; CROP RESIDUE; DEEP TILLAGE; FIELD SCALE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIFIED FRACTIONS; LIGHT FRACTION; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MINIMUM TILLAGE; N FERTILIZERS; NEBRASKA; NO-TILL; SOIL MASS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROFILES;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ORGANIC ACIDS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

STABILIZATION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; FARMING SYSTEM; MAIZE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870209988     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0121     Document Type: Article

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