Effect of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide on microbial communities and N2O from an arable soil fertilized with ammonium sulphate

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Carneiro, J ^a   Cardenas, L M ^b   Hatch, D J ^b   Trindade, H ^c   Scholefield, D ^b   Clegg, C D ^b   Hobbs, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Denitrification; Greenhouse gases; Nitrification; Nitrification inhibitor; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARABLE SOILS; DICYANDIAMIDE; GREENHOUSES GAS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOIST CONDITIONS; NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR; NITROUS OXIDE; PORTUGAL; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; WARMER CONDITIONS;

NITRIFICATION;

EID: 77956267940     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-009-0212-3     Document Type: Article

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