Multiseason recoveries of organic and inorganic nitrogen-15 in tropical cropping systems

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-152

  Dourado Neto, D ^a   Powlson, D ^b   Bakar, R Abu ^c   Bacchi, O O S ^a   Basanta, M V ^a   Cong, P Thi ^d   Keerthisinghe, G ^e   Ismaili, M ^f   Rahman, S M ^g   Reichardt, K ^a   Safwat, M S A ^h   Sangakkara, R ⁱ   Timm, L C ^j   Wang, J Y ^k   Zagal, E ^l   Van Kessel, C ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Southern Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^f MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^g BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR AGRICULTURE   (Bangladesh)

^h Minia University   (Egypt)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^j Rural Engineering Department   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

FUE, fertilizer use efficiency; NUE, nitrogen use efficiency; SOM, soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; AVERAGE RECOVERY; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FERTILIZER USE; GROWING SEASON; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; N AVAILABILITY; N CONTENT; N USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; PRIMARY SOURCES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TOTAL RECOVERY; TROPICAL REGIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECOVERY; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TROPICS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROP RESIDUE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 73949130360     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0192     Document Type: Article

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