Nitrate leaching, yields and carbon sequestration after noninversion tillage, catch crops, and straw retention

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 868-881

  Hansen, E M ^a   Munkholm, L J ^a   Olesen, J E ^a   Melander, B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LEACHING; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; SOLVENTS;

BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.); CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CONDITION; NITRATE-N LEACHING; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STRAW INCORPORATIONS; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

CROPS;

NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CASH CROP; CATCH CROP; CROP MANAGEMENT; DRILL; GROWING SEASON; LEACHING; NITRATE LEACHING; NONHUMAN; RADISH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPRING; STRAW; TILLAGE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WINTER WHEAT;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84929464913     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.11.0482     Document Type: Article

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