Biological nitrogen fixation and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions

Nitrogen Fixation in Crop Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 387-413

  Boddey, Robert M ^a   Alves, Bruno J R ^a   Soares, Luis Henrique de B ^a   Jantalia, Claudia P ^a   Urquiaga, Segundo ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annual carbon sequestration rates; Bioethanol; Biological nitrogen fixation; Fast growing legume trees; Greenhouse gas emission mitigation; Maize plant photosynthesis; Nitrogen fertilizer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102914934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr52.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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