Responses of Soil Respiration and Organic Carbon to Straw Mulching and Ridge Tillage in Maize Field of a Triple Cropping System in the Hilly Region of Southwest China

Soil disturbance by tillage practices promotes soil respiration which is a main source of carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of different tillage practices on soil respiration and the carbon source/sink characteristics of maize farm...

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Main Authors: Sai Zhang, Hafiz Athar Hussain, Longchang Wang, Saddam Hussain, Biao Li, Hangfei Zhou, Haixiu Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhonglian Ma, Ling Long, Yisha Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3068