Impact of urease inhibitor on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from temperate pasture soil cores receiving urea fertilizer and cattle urine

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 465, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-63

  Singh, Jagrati ^a   Kunhikrishnan, A ^b   Bolan, N S ^c   Saggar, S ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cattle urine; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; Pasture; Urea

Indexed keywords

CATTLE URINE; DRY MATTER YIELD; GLASSHOUSE EXPERIMENT; INORGANIC N FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; PASTURE; UREASE INHIBITORS;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; BODY FLUIDS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; UREA;

UREA FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIA; N (N BUTYL)THIOPHOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREASE INHIBITOR;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INHIBITOR; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; SOIL EMISSION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UREA;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PASTURE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY LOAM; URINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84884531930     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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