Deep banding improves residual effectiveness of manganese fertiliser for bauxite residue revegetation

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1273-1282

  Gherardi, Mark J ^a,b   Rengel, Zed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Forest SA Research Green Triangle   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkaline soils; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; Nutrient availability; Root length density; Soil penetrability

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; GROWTH KINETICS; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION;

RESIDUAL EFFECTIVENESS;

MANGANESE;

BAUXITE; BIOAVAILABILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANGANESE; REVEGETATION;

BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0346786132     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR03030     Document Type: Article

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