Carbon Depletion by Plowing and its Restoration by No-Till Cropping Systems in Oxisols of Subtropical and Tropical Agro-Ecoregions in Brazil

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 531-543

  de Moraes Sá, João Carlos ^a   Séguy, Lucien ^b   Tivet, Florent ^b   Lal, Rattan ^c   Bouzinac, Serge ^d   Borszowskei, Paulo Rogério ^d   Briedis, Clever ^d   dos Santos, Josiane Burkner ^d   da Cruz Hartman, Daiani ^d   Bertoloni, Clayton Giani ^e   Rosa, Jadir ^f   Friedrich, Theodor ^g  

^a Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering State University of Ponta Grossa   (United States)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^e Foundation of Rio Verde   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^g FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agronomic productivity; Biomass C input; Land use management; Soil C sequestration; Soil management; Soil resilience

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

C SEQUESTRATION; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; RESILIENCE INDEX; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL RESILIENCES;

SOILS;

EID: 84938995275     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2218     Document Type: Article

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