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Fig. 1. Total SOC in the surface 30-cm depth at Mead, NE as affected by cropping system and N fertilizer level at several points in time during the first 18 yr of the study. Monoculture systems (CC = continuous corn, CSB = continuous soybean, and CSG = continuous grain sorghum) are plotted on the left. On the right side are plotted 2-yr C/SB = corn-soybean, SG/SB = grain sorghum-soybean above the 4-yr cropping systems, OCL/SG/SB/C = oat+clover-grain sorghum-soybean-corn, and SB/SG/OCL/C = soybean-grain sorghum-oat+clover-corn.
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