The fate of nitrogen from incorporated cover crop and green manure residues

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-163

  Baggs, E M ^a   Watson, C A ^b   Rees, R M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Available N; Cover crop; Crop uptake; Green manure; Incorporation; N2O

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; GREEN MANURING; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034055099     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009825606341     Document Type: Article

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