Nitrogen release from grass and legume cover crop monocultures and bicultures

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 777-782

  Ranells, Noah N ^a   Wagger, Michael G ^b  

^a Div of Soil and Water Conserv   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 0030470998     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1996.00021962008800050015x     Document Type: Article

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