Tillage and crop residue management methods had minor effects on the stock and stabilization of topsoil carbon in a 30-year field experiment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 518-519, Issue , 2015, Pages 337-344

  Singh, Pooja ^a,b   Heikkinen, Jaakko ^b   Ketoja, Elise ^b   Nuutinen, Visa ^b   Palojärvi, Ansa ^b   Sheehy, Jatta ^b   Esala, Martti ^b   Mitra, Sudip ^a,c   Alakukku, Laura ^d   Regina, Kristiina ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Earthworm activity; Microbial biomass carbon; Particulate organic matter; Reduced tillage; Soil aggregation; Soil carbon; Stubble management

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY; FORESTRY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANTS (BOTANY); SILT;

EARTHWORM ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; REDUCED TILLAGE; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL CARBON; STUBBLE MANAGEMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP RESIDUE; EARTHWORM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; STUBBLE; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CROP MANAGEMENT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FINLAND; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STRAW; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL;

FINLAND;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84924535031     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.027     Document Type: Article

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