Fate of potassium fertilisers applied to clay soils under rainfed grain cropping in south-east Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-73

  Bell, M J ^a   Moody, P W ^b   Harch, G R ^a   Compton, B ^b   Want, P S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; APPLICATIONS; BIOMASS; CLAY MINERALS; CLAY PRODUCTS; CROPS; DYNAMICS; HARVESTING; ION EXCHANGERS; METAL RECOVERY; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM FERTILIZERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA; BUFFER CAPACITIES; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CLAY SOILS; COARSE GRAINS; CROP PLANTS; CROP UPTAKES; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DIRECT DRILLS; FERTILISER; FERTILISERS; FIELD STUDIES; FIELD TRIALS; HARVEST INDICES; HEAVY CLAYS; K BANDS; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PLANT ROOTS; QUEENSLAND; RAINFED; ROOT PROLIFERATIONS; SELECTIVE ADSORPTIONS; SOIL MIXING; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL TYPES; STRONG STRATIFICATIONS; VERTOSOL; WINTER CEREALS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER; ION EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; ROOT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 60749126130     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR08088     Document Type: Article

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