Soil organic carbon and nitrogen sequestration in irrigated cropping systems of the central great plains

Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 141-157

  Halvorson, Ardell D ^a   Follett, Ronald F ^a   Reule, Curtis A ^a   Del Grosso, Stephen ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Crop residue production; Dalhart; Fort Collins; Irrigated cropping systems; Soil organic carbon change; Texline site; Total soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103067656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub57.2ed.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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