Legume-based mixed intercropping systems may lower agricultural born N2O emissions

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Senbayram, Mehmet ^a,b   Wenthe, Christian ^a   Lingner, Annika ^a   Isselstein, Johannes ^a   Steinmann, Horst ^a   Kaya, Cengiz ^b   Köbke, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUTRIENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SOILS; TIMBER;

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS; INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS; NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS; SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROPS;

CROPS;

AGROFORESTRY; ARABLE LAND; BIOENERGY; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CROP; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERB; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WHEAT;

GERMANY;

POACEAE; ROBINIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84958541776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-015-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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