Saturday, 5 July 2014

Payback time for soil carbon from pasture conversion to sugarcane production

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Payback time for soil carbon from pasture conversion to sugarcane production
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jul 04, 2014 - The reduction of soil carbon stock caused by the conversion of pasture areas into sugarcane plantations - a very common change in Brazil in recent years - may be offset within two or three years of cultivation. The calculation appears in a study conducted by researchers at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in collaboration with colleagues fr ... more


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