Nitrous oxide fluxes from maize fields: Relationship to yield, site-specific fertilization, and soil conditions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 97-111

  Sehy, Ulrike ^a   Ruser, Reiner ^a   Munch, Jean Charles ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

N fertilization; N2O; Precision farming; Site specific fertilization; Soil moisture; Soil nitrate

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL NITROGEN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141498622     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00139-7     Document Type: Article

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