Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen as affected by tillage and residue management under wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-118

  Dikgwatlhe, Shadrack Batsile ^a,b   Chen, Zhong Du ^a   Lal, Rattan ^c   Zhang, Hai Lin ^a   Chen, Fu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Limpopo Provincial Government   (South Africa)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen sequestration; Conservation tillage; Plow tillage; Residue management; Soil C:N ratio; Stratification ratio

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

C:N RATIO; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; PLOW TILLAGE; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; STRATIFICATION RATIOS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

CROP RESIDUE; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84905275750     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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