Denitrification and total fertilizer-N losses from an irrigated cotton field

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 270-278

  Mahmood, T ^a   Ali, R ^a   Sajjad, M I ^b   Chaudhri, M B ^a   Tahir, G R ^a   Azam, F ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

15N balance; Acetylene; Cotton; Denitrification; Inhibition; Nitrous oxide entrapment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COTTON; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; PAKISTAN; SEASONALITY; SOIL;

COTTON; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; SANDY CLAY LOAM;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB;

EID: 0034088166     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050656     Document Type: Article

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