Effect of tillage and crop (cereal versus legume) on greenhouse gas emissions and Global Warming Potential in a non-irrigated Mediterranean field

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 221, Issue , 2016, Pages 187-197

  Guardia, Guillermo ^a   Tellez Rio, Angela ^a   García Marco, Sonia ^a   Martin Lammerding, Diana ^b   Tenorio, Jose Luis ^b   Ibáñez, Miguel Ángel ^a   Vallejo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cereal; Global Warming Potential; Greenhouse gas emissions; Legume; Tillage; Yield scaled N2O Emissions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BARLEY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DENITRIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 84957068706     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.047     Document Type: Article

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