Effect of soil water content on denitrification during cover crop decomposition

Soil Science

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-371

  Shelton, Daniel R ^a   Sadeghi, Ali M ^a   McCarty, Gregory W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Decomposition; Denitrification; Hairy vetch; N mineralization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; RAIN; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VICIA VILLOSA;

COVER CROP; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0034064456     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200004000-00007     Document Type: Article

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