%0 Journal Article
%@ 0038-0717
%A Keeney, D R
%A Sahrawat, K L
%A Adams, S S
%D 1985
%F icrisat:4521
%I Elsevier
%J Soil Biology and Biochemistry
%N 4
%P 571-573
%T Carbon dioxide concentration in soil. Effects on nitrification, denitrification and associated nitrous oxide production
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/4521/
%V 17
%X Experiments were conducted to study the effects of a range of CO2 concentrations (ambient to 100%) on nitrification, denitrification and associated nitrous oxide (N2O) production in a silt loam soil. It was found that increase in CO2 concentration from 0.3 to 100% CO2 increasingly retarded the rate of nitrification. No nitrification occurred at 100% CO2. Nitrous oxide production associated with nitrification increased as CO2 increased from 0.3 to 2.6% and tended to be greater as CO2 concentration increased to 73%. At 100% CO2, no N2O was produced during 7 days at 25°C