Subsurface application of manures slurries for conservation tillage and pasture soils and their impact on the nitrogen balance

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-361

  Dell, Curtis J ^a   Meisinger, John J ^a   Beegle, Douglas B ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP UPTAKE; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; FORAGE PRODUCTION; LEACHING LOSS; LEACHING POTENTIAL; LIQUID MANURE; MANURE APPLICATIONS; N AVAILABILITY; N BALANCE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROUS OXIDE; NO-TILL; PASTURE SOILS; PLANT UTILIZATION; POTENTIAL LIABILITY; SWINE SLURRY;

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEACHING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL CONSERVATION;

MANURES;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CATTLE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PASTURELAND; REVIEW; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; NITROGEN; PLANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79952906171     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0069     Document Type: Review

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