Particle size impacts of subsurface-banded urea on nitrogen transformation in the laboratory

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1245-1260

  Shah, Sanjay B ^a   Wolfe, Mary Leigh ^b  

^a West Virginia University Extension Service   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Granule; Nitrification; Pellet; Urea hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL FERTILITY; UREA;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CATION EXCHANGE; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HARVEST; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOAM SOIL; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0038633222     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120020441     Document Type: Article

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