Less carbon emissions of wheat–maize intercropping under reduced tillage in arid areas

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 701-711

  Hu, Falong ^a,b   Chai, Qiang ^a,b   Yu, Aizhong ^a,b   Yin, Wen ^a,b   Cui, Hongyan ^a,b   Gan, Yantai ^a,c  

^a Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Intercropping; Reduced tillage; Soil respiration; Stubble retention

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; MULCHING; SOIL RESPIRATION; STUBBLE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

CHINA; GANSU; WUWEI;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925713122     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0257-y     Document Type: Article

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