No tillage and crop rotation effects on soil aggregation and organic carbon in a Rhodic Ferralsol from southern Brazil

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2005
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Elsevier B.V.
Abstract

This paper discusses a study of aggregation in a clayey Brazilian soil under no tillage or conventional tillage (disc plowing and harrowing), with a forested soil for reference. The most significant differences between tillage practices were seen in the surface 5 cm of soil. NT had more aggregate stability, bigger proportion of large aggregates, greater total organic carbon, and more TOC in macroaggregates.

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Soil organic matter, Carbon sequestration, Soil, Subtropics, Conservation tillage, Forest soil, Subtropical climate, Soil aggregate distribution, Field Scale
Citation
Soil and Tillage Research 80(1-2): 185-200