Nitrous oxide mitigation in UK agriculture

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Rees, Robert M ^a   Baddeley, John A ^a   Bhogal, Anne ^b   Ball, Bruce C ^a   Chadwick, David R ^c   Macleod, Michael ^a   Lilly, Allan ^d   Pappa, Valentini A ^a   Thorman, Rachel E ^b   Watson, Christine A ^a   Williams, John R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

greenhouse gas emissions; manure; mitigation; N2O; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873912253     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2012.733869     Document Type: Review

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