The efficacy of winter cover crops to stabilize soil inorganic nitrogen after fall-applied anhydrous ammonia

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 442-448

  Lacey, Corey ^a   Armstrong, Shalamar ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; NITROGEN;

ANHYDROUS AMMONIA; CONTROL TREATMENTS; ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITIES; INORGANIC N; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC SOILS; SOIL PROFILES; WINTER COVER CROPS;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVER CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PRECIPITATION; RADISH; RYE; SILAGE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPRING; TILLAGE; WINTER;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 84925400268     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.12.0529     Document Type: Article

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