Biochar alters nitrogen transformations but has minimal effects on nitrous oxide emissions in an organically managed lettuce mesocosm

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 573-582

  Pereira, Engil Isadora Pujol ^a   Suddick, Emma C ^b   Mansour, India ^c   Mukome, Fungai N D ^c   Parikh, Sanjai J ^c   Scow, Kate ^c   Six, Johan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional gene abundance; Greenhouse gas emissions; Lettuce; Mineralization; Nitrification; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; ION EXCHANGE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MESOCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC FARMING; PYROLYSIS; SILTY LOAM; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSFORMATION;

JUGLANS; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84930538569     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-015-1004-5     Document Type: Article

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