Grass forage response to broadcast or surface-banded liquid dairy manure and nitrogen fertilizer

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1123-1131

  Carter, Jeffrey E ^a   Jokela, William E ^b   Bosworth, Sidney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DAIRY MANURES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRASS FORAGE; HIGH RATE; MANURE APPLICATIONS; N AVAILABILITY; N FERTILIZERS; NARROW BANDS; PHALARIS; REED CANARY GRASS; SILT LOAM; VERMONT; VOLATILIZATION LOSS;

CLAY; LIQUIDS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SILT;

MANURES;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 77954304996     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0382     Document Type: Article

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