Potassium uptake and requirement in organic grassland farming

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-149

  Øgaard, Anne Falk ^a   Hansen, Sissel ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Available potassium; Organic farming; Potassium application; Red clover; Soil analysis; Timothy

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIC FARMING; POTASSIUM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TEST;

NORWAY;

PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 77953023923     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9320-5     Document Type: Article

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