Do cover crops enhance N2O, CO2 or CH4 emissions from soil in Mediterranean arable systems?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-174

  Sanz Cobena, A ^a   Garcia Marco S ^a   Quemada, M ^a   Gabriel, J L ^b   Almendros, P ^a   Vallejo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cover crops; GHG emissions; Green manure; Irrigation; Maize

Indexed keywords

COVER CROPS; DENITRIFYING CONDITIONS; GHG EMISSION; GREEN MANURES; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); MAIZE; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GREENHOUSE GASES; IRRIGATION; MANURES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BARIUM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; MANURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ARABLE LAND; BARLEY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; BARLEY; COVER CROP; DENITRIFICATION; FALLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; VICIA; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CROP; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; MANURE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HORDEUM; MANURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPAIN; VICIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84881226052     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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