Ammonia losses from the storage and application of raw and chemo-mechanically separated slurry

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-23

  Dinuccio, E ^a   Gioelli, F ^a   Balsari, P ^a   Dorno, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; Land application; Polyacrilamide; Slurry separation; Storage

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; AMMONIA; BIOGENIC EMISSION; MANURE; SEPARATION; SLURRY;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84858742578     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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