Impact of conservation practices on soil aggregation and the carbon management index after seven years of maize-wheat cropping system in the Indian Himalayas

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 216, Issue , 2016, Pages 247-257

  Ghosh, B N ^a   Meena, V S ^b   Alam, N M ^a   Dogra, Pradeep ^a   Bhattacharyya, Ranjan ^c   Sharma, N K ^a   Mishra, P K ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Labile C pools; Maize and wheat productivity; Runoff and soil loss; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FIELD METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAIZE; MULCH; RUNOFF; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEGRADATION; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

PANICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84945157402     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.09.038     Document Type: Article

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