Response of potentially mineralizable soil nitrogen and indices of nitrogen availability to tillage system

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1124-1131

  Sharifi, Mehdi ^a   Zebarth, Bernie J ^a   Burton, David L ^b   Grant, Cynthia A ^c   Bittman, Shabtai ^a   Drury, Craig F ^a   McConkey, Brian G ^a   Ziadi, Noura ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS;

ACTIVE FRACTIONS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE (CT); ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS; NATIONAL PROJECTS; NO TILL (NT); SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TILLAGE SYSTEMS;

SOILS;

BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

CANADA; L'ACADIE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SASKATCHEWAN; SWIFT CURRENT; WOODSLEE;

EID: 47249161140     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0243     Document Type: Article

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