Tillage, Nitrogen, and Cropping System Effects on Soil Carbon Sequestration
Ardell D. Halvorson*,a,
Brian J. Wienholdb and
Alfred L. Blackc
a USDA-ARS, P.O. Box E, Fort Collins, CO 80522
b USDA-ARS, 119 Keim Hall, East Campus, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583
c USDA-ARS, retired, 226 E. Circle Dr., Canon City, CO 81212

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Fig. 1. Soil organic carbon (SOC) in the 7.6- to 15.2-cm depth in the annual crop (spring wheat-winter wheat-sunflower) rotation as a function of N fertilizer rate for the no-till (NT), minimum-till (MT), and conventional-till (CT) treatments.
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Fig. 2. Soil bulk density in the 7.6- to 15.2-cm depth in the annual crop (spring wheat-winter wheat-sunflower) rotation as a function of N fertilizer rate for the no-till (NT), minimum-till (MT), and conventional-till (CT) treatments.
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Fig. 3. Total soil N (TSN) in the 7.6- to 15.2-cm depth in the annual crop (spring wheat-winter wheat-sunflower) rotation as a function of N fertilizer rate for the no-till (NT), minimum-till (MT), and conventional-till (CT) treatments.
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Fig. 4. Soil bulk density in the 7.6- to 15.2-cm depth in the spring wheat-fallow (SW-F) rotation as a function of N fertilizer rate for the no-till (NT), minimum-till (MT), and conventional-till (CT) treatments.
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