Changes in soil mineral nitrogen, nitrogen leached, and surface pH under annual and perennial pasture species

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 975-986

  Dear, B S ^a   Virgona, J M ^a   Sandral, G A ^a   Swan, A D ^a,b   Morris, S ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cocksfoot; Danthonia; Lovegrass; Lucerne; Nitrate leaching; Phalaris; Serradella; Soil acidity.; Subterranean clover

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANNUAL REVIEW; ARID REGION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; LEACHING; LEGUME; NITRATE; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE SELECTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOWING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWARD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRODANTHONIA RICHARDSONII; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DANTHONIA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; ORNITHOPUS PINNATUS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 70349422417     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09026     Document Type: Article

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