Sustainable biochar effects for low carbon crop production: A 5-crop season field experiment on a low fertility soil from Central China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-29

  Liu, Xiaoyu ^a,b   Ye, Yingxin ^a,b   Liu, Yuming ^a,b   Zhang, Afeng ^a,b   Zhang, Xuhui ^a,b   Li, Lianqing ^a,b   Pan, Genxing ^a,b   Kibue, Grace Wanjiru ^a,b   Zheng, Jufeng ^a,b   Zheng, Jinwei ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbon stability; Dry cropland; Low carbon agriculture; Soil amendment; Synergy and sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FIELD SURVEY; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEASONALITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SYNERGISM;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84903819986     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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