Soil fertility status, carbon and nitrogen stocks under cover crops and tillage regimes

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of cover crops on the soil's chemical fertility, in particular its carbon and nitrogen content, in a Typic Acrustox under conventional and no-tillage corn systems. We hypothesized that the no-tillage system associates with cover crops mai...

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Main Authors: Arminda Moreira de Carvalho, Robélio Leandro Marchão, Kleberson Worslley Souza, Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará
Series:Revista Ciência Agronômica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902014000500007&lng=en&tlng=en