Efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in cereal production: retrospects and prospects

JK Ladha, H Pathak, TJ Krupnik, J Six… - Advances in agronomy, 2005 - Elsevier
Presently, 50% of the human population relies on nitrogen (N) fertilizer for food production.
The world today uses around 83 million metric tons of N, which is about a 100‐fold increase …

Modeling denitrification in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at regional scales

EW Boyer, RB Alexander, WJ Parton, C Li… - Ecological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying where, when, and how much denitrification occurs on the basis of
measurements alone remains particularly vexing at virtually all spatial scales. As a result …

The interdisciplinary nature of SOIL

EC Brevik, A Cerdà, J Mataix-Solera, L Pereg… - Soil, 2015 - soil.copernicus.org
The holistic study of soils requires an interdisciplinary approach involving biologists,
chemists, geologists, and physicists, amongst others, something that has been true from the …

Closing the global N2O budget: nitrous oxide emissions through the agricultural nitrogen cycle

A Mosier, C Kroeze, C Nevison, O Oenema… - Nutrient cycling in …, 1998 - Springer
In 1995 a working group was assembled at the request of OECD/IPCC/IEA to revise the
methodology for N 2 O from agriculture for the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories …

Emission of N2O, N2 and CO2 from soil fertilized with nitrate: effect of compaction, soil moisture and rewetting

R Ruser, H Flessa, R Russow, G Schmidt… - Soil Biology and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Soil compaction and soil moisture are important factors influencing denitrification and N2O
emission from fertilized soils. We analyzed the combined effects of these factors on the …

Tillage, nitrogen and crop residue effects on crop yield, nutrient uptake, soil quality, and greenhouse gas emissions

SS Malhi, R Lemke, ZH Wang, BS Chhabra - Soil and Tillage Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Management practices that simultaneously improve soil properties and yield are crucial to
sustain high crop production and minimize detrimental impact on the environment. The …

Towards a Revised Coefficient for Estimating N2O Emissions from Legumes

P Rochette, HH Janzen - Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2005 - Springer
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) standard methodology to
conduct national inventories of soil N 2 O emissions is based on default (or Tier I) emission …

Soil nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils in Canada: Exploring relationships with soil, crop and climatic variables

P Rochette, C Liang, D Pelster, O Bergeron… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
National scale emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from agricultural soils are often estimated
using a unique fertilizer-induced emission factor (EF); thereby neglecting how factors other …

Tillage, crop residue and N fertilizer effects on crop yield, nutrient uptake, soil quality and nitrous oxide gas emissions in a second 4-yr rotation cycle

SS Malhi, R Lemke - Soil and Tillage Research, 2007 - Elsevier
An 8-yr (1998–2005) field experiment was conducted on a Gray Luvisol (Boralf) soil near
Star City, Saskatchewan, Canada, to determine the effects of tillage (no-tillage–NT and …

Tracing 15N through landscapes: potential uses and precautions

A Bedard-Haughn, JW Van Groenigen… - Journal of Hydrology, 2003 - Elsevier
Stable N isotopes are used to examine the source, flow and fate of N at scales ranging from
greenhouse pots to landscapes. There are two main approaches: the 15N-enriched method …