Suppression of nitrification and nitrous oxide emission by the tropical grass Brachiaria humidicola

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 413-419

  Ishikawa, T ^a   Subbarao, G V ^a   Ito, O ^a   Okada, K ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium oxidizing bacteria; Brachiaria humidicola; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

GRASS; INHIBITION; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 0242408292     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026156924755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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