Contributions to nitrogen leaching and pasture uptake by autumn-applied dairy effluent and ammonium fertilizer labeled with 15N isotope

Plant and Soil

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-198

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

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

15N isotope; Effluent; Leaching; Nitrogen; Pasture; Uptake

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0032759738     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004677902049     Document Type: Article

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