Improving soil nutrition with poultry litter application in low-input forage systems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  McGrath, S ^a   Maguire, Rory O ^a   Tracy, Benjamin F ^b   Fike, John H ^a  

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

^b VPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION TIMING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FORAGE PRODUCTION; FORAGE YIELD; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; POULTRY LITTER; ROW CROP; SINGLE SPRING; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRITION; SOIL PH; VIRGINIA; WATER-SOLUBLE PHOSPHORUS;

MANURES; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; WATERWORKS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EID: 74549191962     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0198     Document Type: Article

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