| dc.contributor.author | Kraft, Edward Alton | |
| dc.description.abstract | Research on soil organic carbon (SOC) within the northern Great Plains has not been clearly documented. Objectives of this study were (i) to inventory literature reporting SOC responses to agroecosystem management, (ii) extract data for the Northern Great Plains Rapid Carbon Assessment, and (iii) summarize data to identify relationships between SOC and land use management. Soil organic carbon at 0 – 15 cm depth was 1.57 – 6.87 kg C m-2, 1.56 – 5.34 kg C m-2, and 1.48 – 5.48 kg C m-2 under grasslands, conservation tillage (CST), and conventional tillage (CT), respectively. Soils with a Productivity Index (PI) of 80 – 100 had greater mean SOC (4.14 kg C m-2) across all managements. Correlation between SOC and PI for CT was significant (r=0.240) (P=0.05) and highly significant (r=0.418) (P=0.01) for CST. Management practices for cropland soils combined with productivity potential appear to relate to the C accrual potential of northern Great Plains soils. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Summarizing Regional Research Data Contributing to the U.S. Rapid Carbon Assessment in the Northern Great Plains | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's Paper | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-10T15:39:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-10T15:39:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10365/25549 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Soils -- Carbon content -- Great Plains. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Carbon sequestration -- Great Plains. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Soil management -- Great Plains. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Agricultural ecology -- Great Plains -- Management. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| ndsu.department | School of Natural Resource Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Cihacek, Larry J. | |
