Grain legume-based rotations managed under conventional tillage need cover crops to mitigate soil organic matter losses

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-43

  Plaza Bonilla, Daniel ^a   Nolot, Jean Marie ^a   Passot, Sixtine ^a,b   Raffaillac, Didier ^a   Justes, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Grain legumes; Rotation; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ROTATION; SOILS;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; COVER CROPS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GRAIN LEGUME; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

FRANCE;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84944104706     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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