Denitrification and nitrous oxide emissions in annual croplands, perennial grass buffers, and restored perennial grasslands

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 239-250

  Iqbal, Javed ^a   Parkin, Timothy B ^b   Helmers, Matthew J ^c   Zhou, Xiaobo ^d   Castellano, Michael J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; RESTORATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATIONS; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; VEGETATION FILTER;

DENITRIFICATION;

BIOPHYSICS; CROP ROTATION; DENITRIFICATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERENNIAL PLANT;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84920973732     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.05.0221     Document Type: Article

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