Nitrous oxide emissions from claypan soils due to nitrogen fertilizer source and tillage/fertilizer placement practices

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 983-993

  Nash, Patrick R ^a   Motavalli, Peter P ^a   Nelson, Kelly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; CLAYPAN SOIL; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DRAINED SOILS; GROWING SEASON; MISSOURIS; N FERTILIZERS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; NO-TILL; OZONE DEPLETION;

AGRICULTURE; ANESTHETICS; GLOBAL WARMING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; UREA;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY; CROP PRODUCTION; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE DEPLETION; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862006718     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0296     Document Type: Article

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