Polymer-coated urea maintains potato yields and reduces nitrous oxide emissions in a Minnesota Loamy Sand

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-428

  Hyatt, Charles R ^a   Venterea, Rodney T ^a,b   Rosen, Carl J ^a   McNearney, Matthew ^a   Wilson, Melissa L ^a   Dolan, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWING SEASON; HIGH POTENTIAL; IN-SITU; LOAMY SAND; MINNESOTA; MULTIPLE ADDITIONS; N AVAILABILITY; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; POTATO YIELD; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER YIELD;

CHEMICAL SHIFT; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FERTILIZERS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERSONNEL; PLASTIC COATINGS; UREA;

UREA FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; LOAMY SAND; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLYMER; POTATO; UREA;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77949572360     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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