Can non-inversion tillage and straw retainment reduce N leaching in cereal-based crop rotations?

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Hansen, E M ^a   Munkholm, L J ^a   Melander, B ^a   Olesen, J E ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Direct drilling; Nitrate leaching; Non inversion tillage; Ploughing; Reduced tillage; Straw

Indexed keywords

DIRECT DRILLING; NITRATE LEACHING; NON-INVERSION; PLOUGHING; REDUCED TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LEACHING; NITRATES; ROTATION; SOILS;

CROPS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CATCH CROP; CROP ROTATION; DIRECT DRILLING; LEACHING; LOAMY SAND; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLOWING; STRAW; ZERO TILLAGE;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 77955056295     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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