Alfalfa-grass biomass, soil organic carbon, and total nitrogen under different management approaches in an irrigated agroecosystem

Plant and Soil

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 173-184

  Ghimire, Rajan ^a   Norton, Jay B ^a   Pendall, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Alfalfa grasses cropping; Biomass allocation; Root biomass; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE;

EID: 84890874449     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1854-2     Document Type: Article

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