Optimizing vetch nitrogen production and corn nitrogen accumulation under no-till management

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1491-1499

  Cook, Justine C ^a   Gallagher, Robert S ^a   Kaye, Jason P ^a   Lynch, Jonathan ^b   Bradley, Brosi ^a  

^a Dep of Crop and Soil Sciences   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONY; BIOMASS LEVELS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN GRAIN YIELD; COVER CROPS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HAIRY VETCH; LEGUME COVER CROPS; N AVAILABILITY; N CONTENT; N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ACCUMULATION; NO-TILL; PLANTING DATE; RELATIVE RATES; VICIA VILLOSA;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; CROPS; MINERALOGY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951572451     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0165     Document Type: Article

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