Legume pastures can reduce N2O emissions intensity in subtropical cereal cropping systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 204, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-39

  De Antoni Migliorati, Massimiliano ^a   Bell, Michael ^b   Grace, Peter R ^a   Scheer, Clemens ^a   Rowlings, David W ^a   Liu, Shen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated greenhouse gas measuring system; Cereal cropping system; Legume pasture; N fertiliser management; Nitrous oxide emissions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AUTOMATION; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; LEGUME; NITROUS OXIDE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84923357219     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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