Effects of cattle slurry manure management on grass yield

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-65

  Schils, R L M ^a   Kok, I ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Application method; Grassland; N efficiency; N recovery; Slurry manure additive

Indexed keywords

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EID: 4644296239     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(03)80026-X     Document Type: Article

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