Comparison of long-term organic and conventional crop-livestock systems on a previously nutrient-depleted soil in Sweden

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 960-972

  Kirchmann, Holger ^a   Bergström, Lars ^a   Kätterer, Thomas ^a   Mattsson, Lennart ^a   Gesslein, Sven ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC EFFICIENCY; GRAIN YIELD; ORGANIC SYSTEM;

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOILS;

CROPS;

BRASSICA NAPUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 34447521946     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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