Carbon input from 13C-labeled crops in four soil organic matter fractions

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1179-1188

  Comeau, L P ^a,b   Lemke, R L ^c   Knight, J D ^a   Bedard Haughn, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairie; Crop residues; Decomposition; Rhizodeposits; Root biomass

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; CANOLA; CARBON CYCLE; CHERNOZEM; CROP; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84887996918     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0816-4     Document Type: Article

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