Maximum soil organic carbon storage in Midwest U.S. cropping systems when crops are optimally nitrogen-fertilized - Poffenbarger, Hanna J.; Barker, Daniel W.; Helmers, Matthew J.; Miguez, Fernando E.; Olk, Daniel C.; Sawyer, John E.; Six, Johan; Castellano, Michael J. (PloS one, 2017)
Keywords: Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Agronomy; Analysis; annuals; Biology and Life Sciences; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; continuous cropping; Corn; Crop Production - methods; Crop residues; Crop yield; cropland; Cropping systems; Crops; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Emissions; Evaluation; Experiments; Farms; Fertilization; fertilizer rates; Fertilizers; Glycine max; Glycine max - growth & development; Iowa; Midwestern United States; Mineralization; Nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; Optimization; Organic carbon; Organic soils; People and places; Physiological aspects; Precipitation; Research and Analysis Methods; Soil; Soil carbon; soil organic carbon; Soils; Soybeans; Zea mays; Zea mays - growth & development; United States; Midwest states; Iowa