Optimizing rice yields while minimizing yield-scaled global warming potential

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1382-1393

  Pittelkow, Cameron M ^a   Adviento Borbe, Maria A ^a   van Kessel, Chris ^a   Hill, James E ^a   Linquist, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GHG emissions; Greenhouse gas intensity; Rice yield; Synthetic N fertilizer

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; RICE; YIELD RESPONSE;

AIR POLLUTANT; FERTILIZER; GAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RICE; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZERS; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84898435069     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12413     Document Type: Article

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