Nitrate leaching after cut grass/clover leys as affected by time of ploughing

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Djurhuus, J ^a   Olsen, P ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Grasses; Leaching; Leys; Nitrates; Nitrogen balance; Nitrogen fixation; Ploughing; Soil; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CLOVER; GRASS; LEACHING; LEYS; NITRATE; PLOUGHING;

EID: 0030617038     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1997.tb00558.x     Document Type: Article

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