Pig slurry applications to alfalfa: Productivity, solar radiation utilization, N and P removal

Field Crops Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 135-155

  Ceotto, Enrico ^a   Spallacci, Pasquale ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Forage production; N uptake; P uptake; Pig slurry; Radiation utilization

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COSTS; CROPS; NITROGEN; SLURRIES; SOLAR RADIATION;

FORAGE PRODUCTION; N UPTAKE; PIG SLURRY; RADIATION UTILIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALFALFA; FORAGE; MANURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SLURRY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALFALFA; FARM CROPS; NITROGEN; SLURRY; SUN LIGHT; SWINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 30044438834     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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