Carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide fluxes in corn grown under two tillage systems in southwestern Quebec

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Almaraz, Juan J ^a   Mabood, Fazli ^b   Zhou, Xiaomin ^b   Madramootoo, Chandra ^c   Rochette, Philippe ^d   Ma, Bao Luo ^e   Smith, Donald L ^b  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados Montecillo ^*  (Mexico)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGES; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); EMISSION RATES; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HUMID CLIMATES; N FERTILIZATIONS; NITROUS OXIDES; NO TILLS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEASONAL EMISSIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL ORGANIC C; TILLAGE SYSTEMS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TILLAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60549085582     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0371     Document Type: Article

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