Long-Term Durum Wheat-Based Cropping Systems Result in the Rapid Saturation of Soil Carbon in the Mediterranean Semi-arid Environment

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 612-619

  Novara, Agata ^a   Poma, Ignazio ^a   Sarno, Mauro ^a   Venezia, Giacomo ^a   Gristina, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Durum wheat straw; SOC sequestration duration and rate; Soil carbon saturation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DURUM WHEATS; SATURATION LEVELS; SATURATION VALUES; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; SATURATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84959036504     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2468     Document Type: Article

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