Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation
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Soils under annual crops experience annual tillage or other frequent mechanical disturbances.
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- Authors
- Powlson, D. S., Stirling, C. M., Jat, M. L., Gerard, B. G., Palm, C. A., Sanchez, P. A., & Cassman, K. G.
- Affiliations
- Rothamsted Research (GB)
- Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (MX)
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (IN)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Corresponding author
- Powlson, David S.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2014-07-30
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 678-683
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W1982209547
- Cited by
- 901
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 83.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- no-tillage, soil carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation, conventional tillage, soil organic carbon, soil quality, climate change adaptation, agricultural emissions
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