Impact of tillage practices on seasonal nitrate dynamics, leaching and microbial activity in a crop rotation

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 28, Issue PART 2, 2002, Pages 275-287

  Papini, R ^a   Gamba, C ^a   Piovanelli, C ^a   Brandi, G ^a  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

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EID: 77956785091     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(02)80025-3     Document Type: Article

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