Mitigation of N2O emission from an alluvial soil by application of karanjin

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 438-442

  Majumdar, D ^a   Dutta, A ^b   Kumar, S ^b   Pathak, H ^b   Jain, M C ^b  

^a Inst Sci Technol Adv Studs Res   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Dicyandiamide; Karanjin; Nitrous oxide; Soil; Urea

Indexed keywords

DERRIS INDICA; PONGAMIA;

EID: 0347749522     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740100342     Document Type: Article

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