Nitrogen storage with cover crops and nitrogen fertilization in tilled and nontilled soils

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 619-627

  Sainju, Upendra M ^a   Singh, Bharat P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COTTON; CROPS; LEACHING; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS; WEED CONTROL;

COVER CROPS; NITROGEN STORAGE; NONTILLED SOILS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SECALE CEREALE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 44449151460     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0236     Document Type: Article

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