By Ann Perry
Special to Poultry Times
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Nitrous oxide can contribute significantly to atmospheric warming because, pound for pound, this greenhouse gas absorbs 300 times more radiation than carbon dioxide. It is also the most important stratospheric-ozone-depleting chemical emitted by human activities. Therefore, scientists are trying to identify strategies to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil.
Many of these efforts have focused on the role of nitrate, a form of nitrogen produced by soil microbes following the application of nitrogen fertilizers, because soil organisms can convert nitrate to nitrous oxide. However, Agricultural Research Service soil. . .
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