EFFECTS OF SELECTED AGROCHEMICALS ON METHANE OXIDATION BY AN ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL SOIL

Authors
TOPP E
Citation
E. Topp, EFFECTS OF SELECTED AGROCHEMICALS ON METHANE OXIDATION BY AN ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL SOIL, Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 73(2), 1993, pp. 287-291
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Soil Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084271
Volume
73
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
287 - 291
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4271(1993)73:2<287:EOSAOM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Methane oxidation by soils is an important sink for this greenhouse ga s. When tested at 50 mg L 1, the herbicide bromoxynil, the insecticide methomyl, and the nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin inhibited methan e oxidation by soil slurries. The results suggest that these chemicals might decrease methane oxidation by agricultural soils.