Nitrous oxide emissions from Chinese cropland fertilized with a range of slow-release nitrogen compounds

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-225

  Jiang, Jingyan ^a   Hu, Zhenghua ^c   Sun, Wenjuan ^b   Huang, Yao ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical inhibitor; Coated nitrogen; Cropland; N2O emissions; Precipitation; Urea formaldehyde

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELDWORK; GLOBALIZATION; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UREA; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449102676     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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