Using calcium carbide with the acetylene inhibition technique to measure denitrification from a sprinkler irrigated vegetable crop

Plant and Soil

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Thompson, R B ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene inhibition; Calcium carbide; Denitrification; Nitrogen; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE INHIBITION; CALCIUM CARBIDE; DENITRIFICATION; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE CROP;

EID: 0030455478     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011637     Document Type: Article

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