The use of a nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), to decrease nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions in a simulated grazed and irrigated grassland

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 395-403

  Di, H J ^a   Cameron, K C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy farms; Dicyandiamide; Grasslands; Leaching; Nitrate; Nitrification inhibitors; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0036935771     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2002151     Document Type: Article

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