Nitrate leaching as influenced by soil tillage and catch crop

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 203-219

  Hansen, E Møller ^a   Djurhuus, J ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catch crop; Coarse sand; Nitrate leaching; Reduced tillage; Sandy loam; Soil tillage; Spring barley

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CATCH CROP; LEACHING; NITRATE; SOIL CULTIVATION; TILLAGE;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0030617072     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(96)01097-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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