Exchangeable ammonium and nitrate from different nitrogen fertilizer preparations in polyacrylamide-treated and untreated agricultural soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 245-248

  Kay Shoemake, Jeanine L ^a   Watwood, Mary E ^a   Kilpatrick, Lisa ^a   Harris, Krista ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicyandiamide; Nitrogen fertilizer; Polyacrylamide; Polymer encased urea; Polymerized urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; DICYANDIAMIDE; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROGEN METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SOIL; UREA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EROSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0034048444     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050652     Document Type: Article

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