The effect of succeeding crop and level of N fertilization on N leaching after break-up of grassland

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 200-207

  Kayser, Manfred ^a   Seidel, Kirsten ^a   Müller, Jürgen ^a   Isselstein, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barley; Catch crop; Grassland ploughing; Maize; N fertilization; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BARLEY; CROP; FERTILIZER; GRASSLAND; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PLOWING; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 52149090757     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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