Evaluation of soil nitrogen availability by growing tufts of nitrophilic species in an intensively grazed biodiverse legume-rich pasture;Evaluación de la disponibilidad de N en suelo en pastos biodiversos ricos en leguminosas mediante el cultivo de plantas nitrófilas dentro de la dehesa

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1058-1067

  Rodrigues, M A ^a   Gomes, V ^b   Dias, L G ^a   Pires, J ^a   Aguiar, C ^a   Arrobas, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical tests; Multispecies pastures; Potential n losses; Soil available n indicators; Soil inorganic N

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 78650685533     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2010084-1399     Document Type: Article

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