Conservation Systems for Positive Net Ecosystem Carbon Balance in Semiarid Drylands

Core Ideas The soil organic C dynamics and net ecosystem C balance of five dryland cropping systems were compared. Conservation systems stored up to 15% more soil organic C than conventional system. Net ecosystem C balance was positive with cover cropping. Cover crops and conservation tillage are cr...

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Main Authors: Vesh R. Thapa, Rajan Ghimire, Benjamin D. Duval, Mark A. Marsalis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2134/age2019.03.0022