Dryland soil greenhouse gas emissions affected by cropping sequence and nitrogen fertilization

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1741-1757

  Sainju, Upendra M ^a   Caesar TonThat, Thecan ^a   Lenssen, Andrew W ^b   Barsotti, Joy L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CROPPING SEQUENCES; DRYLAND; GAS FLUX; GHG EMISSION; GHG FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HORDEUM; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; MALT BARLEY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MONTANA; N FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; PISUM SATIVUM; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VULGARIS; WILLIAMS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; MACHINERY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BARLEY; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRYLAND FARMING; FALLOW; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARIZONA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WILLIAMS;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84866427414     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0076     Document Type: Article

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