N-fixation of selected green manure plants in an organic crop rotation

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 345-363

  Mueller, Torsten ^a   Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; GREEN MANURING; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL FERTILITY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM; VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 0035007238     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2001.9754897     Document Type: Article

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