The contribution of maize cropping in the Midwest USA to global warming: A regional estimate

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-296

  Grace, Peter R ^a,b   Philip Robertson, G ^b   Millar, Neville ^b   Colunga Garcia, Manuel ^b   Basso, Bruno ^a,b,c   Gage, Stuart H ^a,b   Hoben, John ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Warming Potential; Maize; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MAIZE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYGON; SOIL CARBON;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951676728     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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