Timing incorporation of different green manure crops to minimize the risk of nitrogen leaching

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 553-567

  Känkänen, Hannu ^a   Kangas, Arjo ^b   Mela, Timo ^a   Nikunen, Unto ^b   Tuuri, Hannu ^b   Vuorinen, Martti ^b  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Avena sativa; Decomposition; Hordeum vulgare; Legumes; Lolium multiflorum; Mineralization; Mulching; Nitrate nitrogen; Trifolium pratense; Vicia villosa

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0000841238     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5613     Document Type: Article

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