Effects of nitrogen fertilizer sources and temperature on oil CO2 efflux in Italian ryegrass crop under Mediterranean conditions

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-201

  Lai, Roberto ^a   Seddaiu, Giovanna ^a   Gennaro, Luca ^a   Roggero, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle slurry; Farmyard manure; Heterotrophic soil respiration; Nitrate vulnerable zones; Soil C input

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP ROTATION; DAIRY FARMING; DOUBLE CROPPING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; GRASS; HETEROTROPHY; MAIZE; MANURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SANDY SOIL; SILAGE; SLURRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE;

ARBOREA; ITALY; ORISTANO; SARDINIA;

BOS; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862273848     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2012.e27     Document Type: Article

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