Actual N availability from winter catch crops used for green manuring in maize cultivation

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 705-723

  Benincasa, P ^a   Tosti, G ^a   Tei, F ^a   Guiducci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Intercrops; Killing dates; N effect; Release; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956968935     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2010.507452     Document Type: Article

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