Combined inorganic/organic fertilization enhances N efficiency and increases rice productivity through organic carbon accumulation in a rice paddy from the Tai Lake region, China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 274-280

  Pan, Genxing ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a   Li, Zhipeng ^a   Smith, Pete ^c   Li, Lianqing ^a   Qiu, Duosheng ^b   Zhang, Xuhui ^a   Xu, Xiaobo ^b   Shen, Shengyuan ^b   Chen, Xuemin ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Agricultural Extension Service   (China)

Author keywords

Combined fertilization; Greenhouse gas offsetting; N efficiency; Rice paddy; Rice production; Soil microbial activity; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER; HARVESTING; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; RICE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAI LAKE;

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; ORYZA SATIVA; SUIDAE;

EID: 63249126847     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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