Nitrogen from hairy vetch (vicia villosa roth) as winter green manure for white cabbage in organic horticulture

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-53

  Haas, Guido ^a   Brand, Heike ^a   de la Vega, Mirea Puente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; CANOPY; CROP YIELD; HORTICULTURE; LEGUME; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLOWING; SHOOT; TOPSOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPITATA; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 36349037077     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2007.10823207     Document Type: Article

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