The effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from simulated urine patches in pastoral system: A two-year study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 465, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-106

  Zaman, M ^a   Zaman, S ^b   Nguyen, M L ^c   Smith, T J ^a   Nawaz, S ^d  

^a Ballance Agri Nutrients Limited   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agrotain; DCD; N2O; NBTPT; NH3; Urine

Indexed keywords

AGROTAIN; DCD; NBTPT; NH3; URINE;

AMMONIA; METABOLISM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SILT; UREA; UREA FERTILIZERS;

BODY FLUIDS;

AMMONIA; DICYANODIAMIDE; N (N BUTYL)THIOPHOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREASE INHIBITOR; ZEOLITE;

AMMONIA; DISSOLUTION; EMISSION; INHIBITION; LONGEVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTORALISM; SILTY LOAM; URINE; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FIELD STUDY; LOAM SOIL; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PASTURELAND; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPRING; URINE; WEED; WHITE CLOVER;

EID: 84884534073     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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