Nitrate leaching from organic farms and conventional farms following best practice

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 256-263

  Stopes, C ^a   Lord, E I ^b   Philipps, L ^a   Woodward, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Leaching; Legumes; Nitrates; Organic farming; Rotations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; LEACHING; LEGUME; NITRATE; ORGANIC FARMING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036742568     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2002128     Document Type: Article

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