Biochar suppresses N2O emissions while maintaining N availability in a sandy loam soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-185

  Case, Sean D C ^a,b   McNamara, Niall P ^a   Reay, David S ^b   Stott, Andy W ^a   Grant, Helen K ^a   Whitaker, Jeanette ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Biochar; Denitrification; Immobilisation; Mineralisation; Nitrate; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MINERALOGY; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AMMONIUM; BIO CHARS; IMMOBILISATION; MINERALISATION; NITROUS OXIDE;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMMONIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SANDY LOAM;

EID: 84949114923     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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