Effect of nitrogen addition on Miscanthus ×giganteus yield, nitrogen losses, and soil organic matter across five sites

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1222-1231

  Davis, Morgan P ^a   David, Mark B ^a   Voigt, Thomas B ^a   Mitchell, Corey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Miscanthus; Biomass yield; Nitrate; Nitrogen fertilizer; Nitrogen mineralization; Nitrous oxide; Permanganate oxidizable carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; UREA;

BIOMASS YIELD; MISCANTHUS; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; YIELD RESPONSE;

ILLINOIS; KENTUCKY; NEBRASKA; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84943659595     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12217     Document Type: Article

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