Nitrogen losses due to denitrification from cattle slurry injected into grassland soil with and without a nitrification inhibitor

Plant and Soil

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-170

  De Klein, C A M ^a,c   Van Logtestijn, R S P ^a   Van De Meer, H G ^b   Geurink, J H ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cattle slurry; denitrification; grassland; nitrification; nitrification inhibitor; slurry injection

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030474274     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011431     Document Type: Article

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