A comparison of triple superphosphate and Gafsa ground rock phosphate fertilisers as P-sources for grass-clover swards on a poorly-drained acid clay soil

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-155

  Scholefield, D ^a   Sheldrick, R D ^a   Martyn, T M ^a   Lavender, R H ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate extractable soil phosphorus; Lolium perenne Trifolium repens association organic forage production; Rock phosphate; Superphosphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032906478     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009750623318     Document Type: Article

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