Impact of crop residue management on crop production and soil chemistry after seven years of crop rotation in temperate climate, loamy soils

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 6; p. e4836
• Main Authors: Hiel, Marie-Pierre, Barbieux, Sophie, Pierreux, Jérôme, Olivier, Claire, Lobet, Guillaume, Roisin, Christian, Garré, Sarah, Colinet, Gilles, Bodson, Bernard, Dumont, Benjamin
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 23.05.2018; PeerJ; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural ecology; Agricultural Science; Agriculture & agronomie; Agriculture & agronomy; Agroecosystems; Analysis; Crop production; Crop residues; Cropping systems; Environmental aspects; Life sciences; Loams; Methods; Natural Resource Management; Residue; Sciences du vivant; Soil chemistry; Soil quality; Soil Science; Straw; Tillage; Total organic carbon; Soil quality; Total organic carbon; Crop production; Residue; Tillage; Straw

Society is increasingly demanding a more sustainable management of agro-ecosystems in a context of climate change and an ever growing global population. The fate of crop residues is one of the important management aspects under debate, since it represents an unneglectable quantity of organic matter...