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Conservation agriculture, increased organic carbon in the top-soil macro-aggregates and reduced soil CO2 emissions
(2012)
Background and aims: Conservation agriculture, the combination of minimal soil movement (zero or reduced tillage), crop residue retention and crop rotation, might have the potential to increase soil organic C content and ...
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Bacterial diversity as affected by tillage practice in a raised bed planting system
(2012)
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics are altered by tillage so it was hypothesized that the composition of the microbial population that control these processes was affected too. Soil was sampled from conventional beds (CB) tilled ...
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Greenhouse gas emissions under conservation agriculture compared to traditional cultivation of maize in the central highlands of Mexico
(2012)
In 1991, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) started a field experiment in the rain fed Mexican highlands to investigate conservation agriculture (CA) as a sustainable alternative for conventional ...
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Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
(2012)
Conservation agriculture based on (1) minimal soil movement, (2) retention of rational amounts of crop residue, (3) economically viable crop rotations restores soil fertility. Conservation agriculture improves soil ...