Ammonia volatilization losses from surface-applied urea with urease and nitrification inhibitors

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-89

  Soares, Johnny Rodrigues ^a   Cantarella, Heitor ^a   Menegale, Marcella Leite de Campos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; DCD; NBPT; Nitrification inhibitor; Stabilized fertilizer; Urea; Urease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; DCD; NBPT; NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR; UREASE INHIBITORS;

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC ACIDS; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; SURFACE TREATMENT; UREA; UREA FERTILIZERS;

METABOLISM;

AMMONIA; COATING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INHIBITOR; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL SURFACE; UREA; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84861179458     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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