Pasture responses to phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers on east coast hill country: Total production from easy slopes

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-320

  Gillingham, A G ^a   Morton, J D ^b,c   Gray, M H ^d  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c Ballance Agri Nutrients Limited   (New Zealand)

^d AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hill country; Nitrogen fertiliser; Pasture production; Phosphate fertilizer

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; NITROGEN; PASTORALISM; PHOSPHATE; SOIL TEST;

AUSTRALASIA; HAWKE'S BAY; MOERAKI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIPAWA; WAIROA;

EID: 35848960089     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230709510299     Document Type: Article

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