Estimating the contribution of nitrogen from legume cover crops to the nitrogen nutrition of grapevines using a 15N dilution technique

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 247-259

  Ovalle, Carlos ^a   del Pozo, Alejandro ^b   Peoples, Mark B ^c   Lavín, Arturo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medicago polymorpha; N transfer; Sustainable soil management; Trifolium michelianum; Trifolium subterraneum; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; VINE;

CHILE;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM MICHELIANUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 77955842584     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0379-1     Document Type: Article

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