Short-term effects of a dung pat on N2 fixation and total N uptake in a perennial ryegrass/white clover mixture

Plant and Soil

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-141

  Jørgensen, Finn Vanman ^a   Jensen, Erik Steen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Dung; Faeces; Lolium perenne L.; N2 fixation; Trifolium repens L.

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030668475     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004234029920     Document Type: Article

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