Verifying the nitrification to immobilisation ratio (N/I) as a key determinant of potential nitrate loss in grassland and arable soils

Agronomie

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 831-838

  Stockdale, Elizabeth A ^a   Hatch, David J ^b   Murphy, Daniel V ^a   Ledgard, Stewart F ^c   Watson, Catherine J ^d  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Gross N transformations; Immobilisation; Mineralisation; N losses; N I ratio; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; GRASSLAND; IMMOBILIZATION; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION;

EID: 0036867414     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2002060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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