Nitrate leaching from dairy shed effluent and ammonium fertiliser applied to a free-draining pasture soil under spray or flood irrigation

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-270

  Di, H J ^a   Cameron, K C ^a   Moore, S ^a   Smith, N P ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Environment; Grassland; N fertiliser; Nitrate leaching; Organic waste; Soil

Indexed keywords

CLOVER; DAIRY; EFFLUENT; GROUND WATER; NEW ZEALAND; NITRATE; RYEGRASS; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; EFFLUENT; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATE;

CANTERBURY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0031853564     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1998.9513310     Document Type: Article

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