Fate of straw- and root-derived carbon in a Swedish agricultural soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 257-267

  Ghafoor, Abdul ^a   Poeplau, Christopher ^b   Kätterer, Thomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Thuenen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

C input; Carbon modelling; Carbon sequestration; Fractionation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAIZE; PLANT RESIDUE; ROOT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL CARBON; STABILIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRAW;

SWEDEN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85008476047     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-016-1168-7     Document Type: Article

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