Denitrification losses from an irrigated sandy-clay loam under a wheat-maize cropping system receiving different fertilizer treatments

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Mahmood, T ^a   Tahir, G R ^a   Malik, K A ^b   Shamsi, S R A ^c  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acetylene inhibition; Denitrification; Farmyard manure; Irrigated wheat maize; Urea

Indexed keywords

CROPPING SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SOIL; WHEAT;

EID: 0344505847     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050340     Document Type: Article

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