Published online 3 August 2006
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 70:1612-1622 (2006)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0165
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Simulation of Nitrogen Balance in RiceWheat Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains
H. Pathaka,
C. Lib,
R. Wassmannc and
J. K. Ladhad,*
a Unit of Simulation and Informatics, Indian Agricultural Research Inst., New Delhi, India
b Inst. for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
c Inst. for Meteorology and Climate Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
d International Rice Research Inst., India Office, New Delhi 110 012, India

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Fig. 1. Annual fertilizer N consumption in India since 1950.
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Fig. 2. Approaches for the upscaling of N dynamics in ricewheat cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain using the DenitrificationDecomposition (DNDC) model.
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Fig. 3. Spatial distribution of (a) soil organic C (SOC), (b) clay content, (c) pH, and (d) bulk density of soils of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
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Fig. 4. Annual losses through (a) NH3 volatilization, (b) NO3 leaching, (c) denitrification, and (d) uptake of N in the ricewheat systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
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