Effects of transition season management on soil N dynamics and system N balances in rice-wheat rotations of Nepal

Field Crops Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-108

  Becker, M ^a   Asch, F ^a   Maskey, S L ^b   Pande, K R ^c   Shah, S C ^c   Shrestha, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NEPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Mucuna; Nitrate leaching; Oryza sativa; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MUCUNA; NITRATE LEACHING; ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DENITRIFICATION; HARVESTING; HILLSLOPE; LEACHING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOSS; RICE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SUSTAINABILITY; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

MUCUNA; ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547699504     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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