Impacts of maize intercropping with ryegrass and alfalfa on environment in fields with nitrogen fertilizer over-dose

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 896-901

  Nie, Sheng Wei ^a,b   Chen, Yuan Quan ^a   Egrinya, Enejin A ^c   Sui, Peng ^a   Huang, Jian Xiong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Henan Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Environment impact; Intercropping; Life cycle assessment; Nitrogen fertilizer

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD STUDY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INTERCROPPING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LOLIUM; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84862227694     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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