Dynamic Changes of Soil Surface Organic Carbon under Different Mulching Practices in Citrus Orchards on Sloping Land.

Mulching management has been used in many places all over the world to improve agricultural sustainability. However, the cycling of carbon in the soil under applications of mulch on sloping arable land is not yet fully understood. A four-year field experiment was carried out in Xiaofuling watershed...

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Main Authors: Chiming Gu, Yi Liu, Ibrahim Mohamed, Runhua Zhang, Xiao Wang, Xinxin Nie, Min Jiang, Margot Brooks, Fang Chen, Zhiguo Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5193398?pdf=render