Winter annual grass-legume bicultures for efficient nitrogen management in no-till corn

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-32

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

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Grass legume; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

BICULTURE; COVER CROP; NITROGEN; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030697886     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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