Nitrous oxide emissions and controls as influenced by tillage and crop residue management strategy

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1701-1711

  Mutegi, James K ^a   Munkholm, Lars J ^a   Petersen, Bjørn M ^a   Hansen, Elly M ^a   Petersen, Søren O ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Gas diffusivity; Soil nitrate; Water

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BARLEY GROWTH; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; DIRECT DRILLING; DRIVING FACTORS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS DIFFUSIVITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; NO-TILL; PREDICTION MODEL; REDUCED TILLAGE; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; RESIDUE REMOVAL; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL GAS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPES; TILLAGE TREATMENT; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANESTHETICS; CROPS; DIFFUSION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

SOILS;

AMMONIUM; BARLEY; CROP RESIDUE; DIFFUSIVITY; GROWTH RATE; NITROUS OXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANDY LOAM; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE;

HORDEUM;

EID: 77955925745     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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