Soil respiration and litter decomposition responses to nitrogen fertilization rate in no-till corn systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-40

  Grandy, A Stuart ^a   Salam, Dure Shahwar ^b   Wickings, Kyle ^a   McDaniel, Marshall D ^a   Culman, Steve W ^c   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decomposition; Enzymes; Nitrogen; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LITTER; MAIZE; METABOLISM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; ZERO TILLAGE;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882786302     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.020     Document Type: Article

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