Long-term impact of conservation agriculture and diversified maize rotations on carbon pools and stocks, mineral nitrogen fractions and nitrous oxide fluxes in inceptisol of India

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 640-641; pp. 1382 - 1392
• Main Authors: Parihar, C.M., Parihar, M.D., Sapkota, Tek B., Nanwal, R.K., Singh, A.K., Jat, S.L., Nayak, H.S., Mahala, D.M., Singh, L.K., Kakraliya, S.K., Stirling, Clare M., Jat, M.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2018
• Subjects: agricultural conservation practice; Agriculture - methods; Carbon - analysis; carbon sequestration; climate change; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; conventional tillage; corn; crop rotation; Crops, Agricultural; energy; experimental design; field experimentation; food security; Global warming potential; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; Inceptisols; India; Indo-Gangetic Plain; labor; long term effects; Minerals; nitrogen; Nitrogen - analysis; nitrous oxide; Nitrous Oxide - analysis; no-tillage; plant establishment; pollution control; production technology; risk; Soil - chemistry; Soil carbon dynamics; soil degradation; soil depth; Soil health; soil quality; sustainable development; Tillage; Zea mays - growth & development; India; Indo-Gangetic Plain; LOC; VLOC; Global warming potential; SOC; ICAR; MMuMb; CT; MMS; PB; IGP; Tillage; Soil health; Soil carbon dynamics; ZT; MWMb; MCS; CA

Given the increasing scarcity of production resources such as water, energy and labour coupled with growing climatic risks, maize-based production systems could be potential alternatives to intensive rice-wheat (RW) rotation in western Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). Conservation agriculture (CA) in mai...