Effect of fertilization on forage yield and quality, nutrients uptake and soil properties in the more intensive cropping system

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Li, WenXi ^a   Lu, JianWei ^a   Seneweera, Saman P ^b   Chen, Fang ^c   Lu, JunMing ^d   Li, XiaoKun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d Datonghu Administration District of Honghu City   (China)

Author keywords

NPK combination; Nutrient uptake; Soil fertility; Sudangrass and ryegrass rotation system; Yield

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPPING SYSTEM; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOOD SECURITY; FORAGE QUALITY; FORAGE YIELD; GRASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SUDANGRASS;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 77952847059     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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