Soil denitrification and nitrous oxide losses under corn irrigated with high-nitrate groundwater

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 348-360

  Qian, Jin H ^a   Doran, John W ^b   Weier, Keith L ^c   Mosier, Arvin R ^d   Peterson, Todd A ^e   Power, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOREMEDIATION; SURFACE GAS CHAMBERS; WATER FILLED PORE SPACE (WFPS);

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CROP; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031104972     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600020004x     Document Type: Article

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