Nitrogen inputs from a pasture legume in rotations with cereals in the semi-arid tropics of northern Australia: Experimentation and modelling on a clay loam soil

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 985-994

  Jones, R K ^a   Probert, M E ^a   Dalgliesh, N P ^a   McCown, R L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN STYLO; CROP ROTATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; PASTURE;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, KATHERINE;

FABACEAE; POACEAE; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030301874     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA9960985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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