Soil greenhouse gas emissions affected by irrigation, tillage, crop rotation, and nitrogen fertilization

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1774-1786

  Sainju, Upendra M ^a   Stevens, William B ^a   Caesar TonThat, Thecan ^a   Liebig, Mark A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; GHG EMISSION; GHG FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HORDEUM; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; MALT BARLEY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MONOCROPPING; N FERTILIZATION; N FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; NORTH DAKOTA; PISUM SATIVUM; SANDY LOAMS; SOIL CO; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VULGARIS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDY LOAM; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84869421032     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0176     Document Type: Article

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