Soil carbon storage and yields of spring barley following grass leys of different age

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Christensen, Bent T ^a   Rasmussen, Jim ^a   Eriksen, Jørgen ^a   Hansen, Elly M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertilizer N response; Grass ley; Nitrate leaching; Residual effect; Soil C accumulation; Spring barley

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BARLEY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; LEACHING; SOIL CARBON;

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 67349152404     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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