Effect of ten years of reduced tillage and recycling of organic matter on crop yields, soil organic carbon and its fractions in Alfisols of semi arid tropics of southern India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-139

  Prasad, J V N S ^a   Rao, Ch Srinivasa ^a   Srinivas, K ^a   Jyothi, Ch Naga ^a   Venkateswarlu, B ^b   Ramachandrappa, B K ^c   Dhanapal, G N ^c   Ravichandra, K ^a   Mishra, P K ^d  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b MARATHWADA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

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

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Conservation agriculture; Crop residues; Finger millet production system; Labile carbon pools; Organic matter; Reduced tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; CROP RESIDUE; LABILE CARBON; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; REDUCED TILLAGE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALFISOL; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MILLET; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RECYCLING; SEMIARID REGION; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON; TILLAGE; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIA;

ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 84946434263     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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