Why carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 21-30

  Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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