Root carbon inputs under moderately diverse sward and conventional ryegrass-clover pasture: implications for soil carbon sequestration

Plant and Soil

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 289-299

  McNally, Samuel Rae ^a   Laughlin, Daniel C ^a   Rutledge, Susanna ^a   Dodd, Mike B ^b   Six, Johan ^c   Schipper, Louis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grazed pastures; Moderately diverse pasture; Root mass; Ryegrass clover; Soil C

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CULTIVAR; GRASS; PASTURE; ROOTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE;

NEW ZEALAND;

LOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84929955307     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2463-z     Document Type: Article

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