Recovery of nitrogen fertilizer by traditional and improved rice cultivars in the Bhutan Highlands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 233-246

  Ghaley, Bhim Bahadur ^a,b   Høgh Jensen, Henning ^c   Christiansen, Jørgen Lindskrog ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Added nitrogen interaction; Environmental index; Farmyard manure; Nitrogen fertilizer; Oryza sativa L.

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DILUTION; HARVESTING; MANURE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RICE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL REMEDIATION; TRANSPLANTATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

BHUTAN;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77953696431     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0288-3     Document Type: Article

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