Soil acidification by intensified crop production in South Asia results in higher N 2O/(N 2 + N 2O) product ratios of denitrification

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-112

  Raut, Nani ^a   Dörsch, Peter ^a   Sitaula, Bishal K ^a   Bakken, Lars R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Denitrification; Fertilizers; Nitrous oxide; PH; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANOXIC INCUBATION; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DRAINED SOILS; GLUTAMIC ACID; N FERTILIZERS; NITROUS OXIDE; PRODUCT RATIOS; REACTIVE NITROGEN; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL PH; SOUTH ASIA;

ACIDIFICATION; AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PH; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOODING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NITROUS OXIDE; PH; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL PROFILE;

NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84864056299     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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