Poultry litter application increases nitrogen cycling compared with inorganic nitrogen fertilization

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 917-925

  Sainju, Upendra M ^a   Senwo, Zachary N ^b   Nyakatawa, Ermson Z ^b   Tazisong, Irenus A ^b   Reddy, K Chandra ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); COVER CROPS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DECATUR; INORGANIC N FERTILIZER; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; N BALANCE; N CONTENT; N CYCLING; N FERTILIZATION; N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FRACTION; NO-TILL; POULTRY LITTER; SECALE CEREALE; SILT LOAM; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TOTAL UPTAKE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COTTON; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; IMPULSE NOISE; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; SILT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EID: 77952626279     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0482     Document Type: Article

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