Relative contribution of maize and external manure amendment to soil carbon sequestration in a long-term intensive maize cropping system

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Wenju ^a   Liu, Kailou ^b   Wang, Jinzhou ^a   Shao, Xingfang ^a   Xu, Minggang ^a   Li, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Xiujun ^c   Murphy, Daniel V ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil Improvement   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; MANURE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; CROP; MAIZE; MANURE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; MANURE; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84930676938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10791     Document Type: Article

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