Charcoal in Amazonian paddy soil-Nutrient availability, rice growth and methane emissions

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-47

  Barbosa de Sousa, Áurea Maria ^a   Soares Santos, Raimundo Reginaldo ^b   Gehring, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b Rural Extension Service of Maranhão State AGERP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochar; Irrigated rice; Methane; Nitrogen availability; Potassium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893435244     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201300088     Document Type: Article

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