The availability of nitrogen from sugarcane trash on contrasting soils in the wet tropics of North Queensland

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 75, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 101-114

  Meier, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Thorburn, Peter J ^a   Wegener, Malcolm K ^b   Basford, Kaye E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Ammonium; Crop residue; Decomposition; Incorporation; Leaching; Mineralisation; Mulch; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CROP RESIDUE; DENITRIFICATION; FERRALSOL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL SURFACE; SUGAR CANE; TROPICAL REGION; UREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33747454252     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-006-9015-0     Document Type: Article

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