Soil mineral nitrogen and nitrate leaching losses in soil tillage systems combined with a catch crop

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-125

  Stenberg, Maria ^a   Aronsson, Helena ^a   Lindén, Börje ^a   Rydberg, Tomas ^a   Gustafson, Arne ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lolium perenne; Nitrate leaching; Sandy loam; Soil mineral nitrogen; Soil tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROPPING PRACTICE; LEACHING; NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033594093     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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