Soil Organic Matter Turnover in Long-ter
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Balesdent, J.; Wagner, G. H.; Mariotti, A.
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Article
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1988
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The American Society of Agronomy
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English
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Cultivation of C-3 (Calvin cycle) plants after turning under a native prairie of grasses possessing C-4 metabolism (Hatch-Slack cycle) allows partitioning of soil organic matter as to origin. Contrasting natural "C abundance for the two different contributing kinds of plant residues provides an in s