Quantifying the effects of green waste compost application, water content and nitrogen fertilization on nitrous oxide emissions in 10 agricultural soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 912-918

  Zhu, Xia ^a,b,c   Silva, Lucas C R ^b   Doane, Timothy A ^b   Wu, Ning ^a,d   Horwath, William R ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GREEN WASTE COMPOST; LOW BACKGROUND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; WET CONDITIONS;

AGRICULTURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL MOISTURE;

COMPOSTING;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERTILIZER; SOIL; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOST; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; SOIL;

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84879018410     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0445     Document Type: Article

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