Short-term nitrogen-15 recovery vs. long-term total soil N gains in conventional and alternative cropping systems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Kramer, Andrew W ^a   Doane, Timothy A ^a   Horwath, William R ^a   Van Kessel, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Conventional systems; N losses; Organic systems; Short term N recovery; Total soil N

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; MANURE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL NITROGEN;

VICIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036161208     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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