Soil aggregate stability and aggregate-associated carbon under different tillage systems in the North China Plain

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2114-2123

  Du, Zhang liu ^a   Ren, Tu sheng ^b   Hu, Chun sheng ^c   Zhang, Qing zhong ^a   Blanco Canqui, Humberto ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Aggregate associated C; Tillage systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888096267     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60428-1     Document Type: Article

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