The fate of nitrogen fertilisers added to red gradational soils at Batlow, New South Wales, and its implications with respect to soil acidity

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 863-880

  Little, I P ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium Nitrification; Exchangeable aluminium; Nitrogenous fertilisers; Orchard soils; Soil acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SOIL PH;

AUSTRALIA; BATLOW; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030856660     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S96094     Document Type: Article

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