Nitrous oxide emissions associated with nitrogen fixation by grain legumes

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 41; no. 11; pp. 2283 - 2291
• Main Authors: Zhong, Zhaozhan, Lemke, Reynald L., Nelson, Louise M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: agroecosystems; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Biological nitrogen fixation; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; Denitrification; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gas emissions; Grain legumes; interspecific variation; Lens culinaris; Lens esculenta; lentils; N 2O emissions; nitrate nitrogen; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen transformation; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; nitrous oxide; peas; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Pisum sativum; Rhizobium; Rhizobium leguminosarum; soil inoculation; Soil science; species differences; spring wheat; strain differences; symbiosis; Triticum aestivum; Denitrification; N 2O emissions; Rhizobium; Grain legumes; Biological nitrogen fixation; Gas emission; O emissions; Symbiont; N; Grain legume; Biological fixation; Nitrogen fixation; Bacteria; Soil science; Rhizobiaceae; Nitrogen protoxide

Nitrous oxide (N 2O) emissions and biological nitrogen (N 2) fixation by grain legumes are two major processes of N transformation in agroecosystems. However, the relationship between these two processes is not well understood. The objective of this study was to quantify N 2O emissions associated wi...