Soil nitrogen conservation with continuous no-till management

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-297

  Spargo, John T ^a   Alley, Marcus M ^a   Follett, Ronald F ^b   Wallace, James V ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; N Cycling; N Use efficiency; No till

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLID; CROP PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; FARMING SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ZERO TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55949093419     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-008-9190-2     Document Type: Article

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