Dicyandiamide increases the fertilizer N loss from an alkaline calcareous soil treated with 15N-labelled urea under warm climate and under different crops

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 619-631

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Ali, Rehmat ^a   Latif, Zahid ^b   Ishaque, Wajid ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

15N balance; Cotton; Dicyandiamide; Maize; Point injection; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COTTON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; IMMOBILIZATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STRAW; UREA; WHEAT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960593068     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0559-z     Document Type: Article

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