Banding of urea increased ammonia volatilization in a dry acidic soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1383-1390

  Rochette, Philippe ^a   MacDonald, J Douglas ^a   Angers, Denis A ^a   Chantigny, Martin H ^a   Gasser, Marc Olivier ^b   Bertrand, Normand ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOILS; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; BROADCAST UREAS; IN-BAND; LOAM SOILS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; SHALLOW BANDS; SLOW RELEASE; SMOG FORMATION; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL PH; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; UREA HYDROLYSIS; UREASE INHIBITORS;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MINING; PLASTIC COATINGS; SOILS; WIND TUNNELS;

UREA;

AMMONIA; UREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; SMOG; SOIL ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

ACIDS; AMMONIA; SOIL; UREA; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 67650498264     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0295     Document Type: Article

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