Can nitrogen fertiliser and nitrification inhibitor management influence N2O losses from high rainfall cropping systems in South Eastern Australia?

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-285

  Harris, Robert H ^a   Officer, Sally J ^a   Hill, Patricia A ^a   Armstrong, Roger D ^a   Fogarty, Kirsten M ^a   Zollinger, Reto P ^a   Phelan, Andrew J ^a   Partington, Debra L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canola (Brassica napus L.); Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; Raised bed; Soil mineral nitrogen; Static chamber; Water filled pore space; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CANOLA; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INHIBITOR; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PORE SPACE; RAINFALL; SOIL NITROGEN; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84878016000     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-013-9562-0     Document Type: Article

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