Nitrogen fertilization and cover crop effects on soil structural stability and corn performance

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 1998, Pages 2557-2569

  Dapaah, H K ^a,b   Vyn, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOIL STRUCTURE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031665181     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629809370134     Document Type: Article

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