Potential for a rye cover crop to reduce nitrate loss in southwestern Minnesota

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1416-1426

  Feyereisen, G W ^a   Wilson, B N ^b   Sands, G R ^b   Strock, J S ^b   Porter, P M ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HARVESTING;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE;

CROPS;

BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; HARVESTING; RYE;

GLYCINE MAX; SECALE CEREALE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751076001     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0134     Document Type: Article

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