Utilising differences in rooting depth to design vegetable crop rotations with high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 571, Issue , 2002, Pages 249-254

  Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catch crops; Crop rotation; Nitrogen leaching; Rooting depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144454532     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.571.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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