A preliminary study to model the effects of a nitrification inhibitor on nitrous oxide emissions from urine-amended pasture

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 310-317

  Giltrap, Donna L ^a   Singh, Jagrati ^a,b   Saggar, Surinder ^a   Zaman, Mohammad ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Summit Quinphos NZ Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dicyandiamide (DCD); Grazed pastures; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Measured emissions; NZ DNDC; Urine N

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIODEGRADATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; LEACHING; MITIGATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; SILTY LOAM; SOIL PROFILE; URINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77049100482     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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