Agronomists’ Views on the Potential to Adopt Beneficial Greenhouse Gas Nitrogen Management Practices Through Fertilizer Management
Author(s) -
B. D. Amiro,
Mario Tenuta,
Krista Hanis-Gervais,
Xiaopeng Gao,
Don Flaten,
Christine Rawluk
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1918-1841
pISSN - 0008-4271
DOI - 10.1139/cjss-2017-0062
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , nitrous oxide , environmental science , yield (engineering) , nitrogen , fertilizer , agronomy , greenhouse , agricultural engineering , business , engineering , chemistry , materials science , ecology , biology , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Agronomists in Manitoba, Canada, are willing to reduce soil nitrous oxide emissions. They consider: enhanced efficiency fertilizers if cost effective; both crop yield and financial returns to be important for application rate; preferred fall application instead of spring because of operational advantages; and using banding placement if appropriate equipment is available.
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