Effects of different rates and timing of application of nitrogen as slurry and mineral fertilizer on yield of herbage and nitrate-leaching potential of a maize/Italian ryegrass cropping system in north-west Portugal

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-11

  Trindade, H ^a   Coutinho, J ^b   Jarvis, S ^c   Moreira, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive dairy farming; Maize silage; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen fertilizer; Slurry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CATTLE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DAIRY FARMING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; INTERCROPPING; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILAGE; SLURRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOWING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60349083115     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2008.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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