Can phosphorus fertilisers alone increase levels of soil nitrogen in New Zealand hill country pastures?

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 75, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 57-66

  Bowatte, Saman ^a,c   Tillman, Russell ^a   Carran, Andrew ^b   Gillingham, Allan ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hill country pasture; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GROWTH; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SWARD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 33747502159     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-006-9011-4     Document Type: Article

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