Modelling of crop yields and N2O emissions from silty arable soils with differing tillage in two long-term experiments

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Ludwig, B ^a   Bergstermann, A ^b   Priesack, E ^c   Flessa, H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; N modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CALIBRATION; CROPS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; DENITRIFICATION DECOMPOSITIONS (DNDC); LONG-TERM FIELD EXPERIMENTS; REDUCED TILLAGE SYSTEMS; SITE SPECIFIC CALIBRATION; TRANSPIRATION COEFFICIENTS; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

SOIL TESTING;

CROP YIELD; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARAMETERIZATION; SILTY SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

GERMANY; GOTTINGEN; LOWER SAXONY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 79951550352     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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