Soil nitrate N as influenced by annually undersown cover crops in spring cereals

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 165-176

  Känkänen, Hannu ^a   Eriksson, Christian ^b   Räkköläinen, Mauri ^b   Vuorinen, Martti ^b  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cereals; Clovers; Cover crops; Grasses; Intercropping; Nitrate nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS PRATENSIS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 2342563117     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5750     Document Type: Article

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