Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from a subtropical Ultisol by using long-term no-tillage in combination with legume cover crops

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-94

  Bayer, Cimélio ^a   Gomes, Juliana ^a   Zanatta, Josiléia Accordi ^a,b   Vieira, Frederico Costa Beber ^a,c   Dieckow, Jeferson ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Greenhouse gas; Long term experiment; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; TROPICS;

C SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; MAIZE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; ULTISOL; ZERO TILLAGE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84962791761     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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