Soil Nitrogen Uses and Environmental Impacts /

Soil Nitrogen Uses and Environmental Impacts /

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Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth. It is necessary for all biological activity, but creates negative impacts on water and air quality. There is a balancing act between deficiency and surplus and the forms of N available further complicate our understanding of...

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Corporate Author: Taylor and Francis
Other Authors: Lal, Rattan (Editor), Stewart, B.A (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of CRC Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Advances in Soil Science.
Subjects:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry.
climate change.
eutrophication.
fertilizers.
global nitrogen cycle.
global warming.
N2O emission.
N3O.
non-point source pollution.
soil N management.
soil-specific farming.
Nitrogen in agriculture.
Soils > Nitrogen content.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface..vii
  • Editors...ix
  • Contributors...xi
  • Chapter 1
  • Benefits and Unintended Consequences of Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizers.1-- B.A. Stewart
  • Chapter 2
  • Nitrogen Fixation by Pulse Crops and the Use of Nitrogen Isotopic Techniques
  • to Measure the Fixation Capacity.21--Minh-Long Nguyen
  • Chapter 3
  • The Role of Nitrogen Stable Isotopes to Investigate Soil Nitrogen
  • Transformations and Cycling in Agricultural Systems. 39--Minh-Long Nguyen, Jiafa Luo, and Bert F. Quin
  • Chapter 4
  • Nitrogen Loss in Snowmelt Runoff from Non-Point Agricultural Sources
  • on the Canadian Prairies. 73--Kimberley D. Schneider, Arumugam Thiagarajan, Barbara J. Cade-Menun,
  • Brian G. McConkey, and Henry F. Wilson
  • Chapter 5
  • Denitrification in Soil...95--Mark S. Coyne
  • Chapter 6
  • Nitrogen Balances and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in the Nordic Countries. 141--Anne Falk gaard and Marianne Bechmann
  • Chapter 7
  • Intensive Dairy and Beef Systems: N Loss Mitigations and Barriers
  • to Their Adoption. 151--Bert F. Quin
  • Chapter 8
  • Efficient Nitrogen Management in the Tropics and Subtropics...... 191--Rajendra Prasad and Peter R. Hobbs
  • Chapter 9
  • Enhancing Soil Organic Carbon by Managing Nitrogen in China.... 233--Shou-Tian Ma, Xin Zhao, Chao Pu, Yang Liu, Rattan Lal, Jian-Fu Xue,
  • and Hai-Lin Zhang
  • Chapter 10
  • Managing Nitrogen in Small Landholder Hill Farms of North Eastern Indian
  • Himalayas. 257----Anup Das, Jayanta Layek, Gulab Singh Yadav, S. Babu, D. Sarkar,
  • R.S. Meena, and Rattan Lal
  • Chapter 11
  • Merits and Limitations of Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers.289--Matthew D. Ruark, Rogrio P. Soratto, and Carl J. Rosen
  • Chapter 12
  • Economic and Policy Implications of Nitrogen Management 315--Otto C. Doering III, Benjamin M. Gramig, and Dawoon Jeong
  • Chapter 13
  • Formulations of Slow Release Fertilizers for Enhancing N Use Efficiency 331--Amit Roy
  • Chapter 14
  • Managing the Soil Nitrogen Cycle in Agroecosystems.. 343--Richard A. Ferrieri, Eliot Herman, Benjamin Babst, and Michael J. Schueller
  • Chapter 15
  • Nitrogen: Managing the Necessary Evil.. 361--Rattan Lal
  • Index.

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