Method and timing of grassland renovation affects herbage yield, nitrate leaching, and nitrous oxide emission in intensively managed grasslands

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-412

  Velthof, G L ^a   Hoving, I E ^a   Dolfing, J ^b   Smit, A ^a   Kuikman, P J ^a   Oenema, O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grassland; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; Ploughing; Renovation; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CLAY SOIL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; PLOWING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SWARD; YIELD RESPONSE;

NETHERLANDS;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 77952743328     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9302-7     Document Type: Article

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