Ammonia emissions from different fertilizing strategies in Mediterranean rainfed winter cereals

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-212

  Bosch Serra, Àngela D ^a   Yagüe, María R ^a,b   Teira Esmatges, María R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural gas emissions; Best management practices; Environmental impact; Nitrogen; Pig slurry; Semiarid climate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; PIG SLURRIES; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

SLURRIES;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOMASS; CEREAL; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PIG; SEMIARID REGION; SLURRY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; VOLATILIZATION; WINTER;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CEREAL; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOLUBILIZATION; SOWING; VOLATILIZATION; WINTER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84890307250     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.044     Document Type: Article

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