Scope and strategies for regulation of nitrification in agricultural systems - Challenges and opportunities

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-335

  Subbarao, G ^a   Ito, O ^a   Sahrawat, K ^b   Berry, W ^c   Nakahara, K ^a   Ishikawa, T ^a   Watanabe, T ^a   Suenaga, K ^a   Rondon, M ^d   Rao, I ^d  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI); Environment; Global warming; Nitrification inhibitors; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746677945     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680600794232     Document Type: Review

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