Long-term phosphorus grassland experiment for beef production - impacts on soil phosphorus levels and liveweight gains

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Tunney, H ^a   Kirwan, L ^b   Fu, W ^c   Culleton, N ^a   Black, A D ^d  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Grassland; Liveweight gain; Phosphorus; Soil analysis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEST;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956119600     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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