Browsing by Author "West, T. O."

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  • Carbon sequestration in a tilled and untilled maize field in Lesotho, Southern Africa
    Bruns, Wendy A.; Eash, Neal S.; Sauer, T.; Walker, Forbes; West, T. O.; Marake, Makoala V.; Lambert, Dayton M.; Wilcox, Michael D.; Bruns, M. (2015-01-22)
    This presentation was given at the Soil Science Society of America annual meeting on October 19th, 2011 in San Antonio Texas at 10:05 in the morning. No-till agriculture was practiced in Lesotho, Southern Africa, while observing the amount of carbon emissions in the atmosphere during the growing season. Comparisons were made between land under no-till and crop rotation management and land practicing plowed.
  • Soil organic carbon sequestration rates by tillage and crop rotation: A global data analysis
    West, T. O.; Post, W. M. (Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America, 2002)
    This paper discusses a study attempting to quantify potential soil C sequestration rates for different crops in response to decreasing tillage intensity or enhancing rotation complexity, and to estimate the duration of time over which sequestration may occur. The authors found that switching from conventional tillage to no-till can sequester increasing amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. Sequestration rates were found to peak in 5 to 10 years. The results of this study can be used in spatial modeling analyses to predict global sequestration potentials.