Nitrogen fluxes in silage maize production: Relationship between nitrogen content at silage maturity and nitrate concentration in soil leachate

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-74

  Herrmann, Antje ^a   Kersebaum, Kurt Christian ^b   Taube, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forage maize; Indicator; Modeling; N concentration; Nitrate leaching; Soil mineral N

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; NITROGEN; SILAGE; SOIL NITROGEN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27844511576     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-005-7961-6     Document Type: Article

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