Ammonia volatilization following surface application of urea to tilled and no-till soils: A laboratory comparison

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Rochette, Philippe ^a   Angers, Denis A ^a   Chantigny, Martin H ^a   MacDonald, J Douglas ^a   Bissonnette, Nicole ^a   Bertrand, Normand ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; No till; Urea; Urease

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; CROP RESIDUES; FIELD TRIALS; NO-TILL; SHALLOW CRACKS; SOIL CORES; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; UREASE; UREASE ACTIVITIES;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; APPLICATIONS; DECODING; GRANULATION; METABOLISM; UREA; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; SOIL EMISSION; TILLAGE; UREA; VOLATILIZATION; ZERO TILLAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 63749130369     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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