Agronomic and environmental impacts of pasture-crop rotations in temperate North and South America

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 190, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-26

  Franzluebbers, Alan J ^a   Sawchik, Jorge ^b   Taboada, Miguel A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crop production; Environmental quality; Integrated crop livestock systems; Soil organic matter; Soil quality; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TILLAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84901849878     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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