A wide view of no-tillage practices and soil organic carbon sequestration

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 523-530

  Yang, Xueming ^a   Drury, Craig F ^a   Wander, Michelle M ^b  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon inputs; carbon mineralization; carbon sequestration; crop yields; no tillage; soil deposition; soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890439015     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2013.816363     Document Type: Article

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