The effectiveness of cover crops during eight years of a UK sandland rotation

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-48

  Shepherd, M A ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Leaching; Nitrates; Rotations; Sandy soils; UK

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COVER CROP; LEACHING; NITRATE;

EID: 0032962392     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1999.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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