Winter cover crops affect monoculture maize yield and nitrogen leaching under irrigated Mediterranean conditions

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1700-1709

  Salmerón, Montserrat ^a   Cavero, José ^b   Quílez, Dolores ^a   Isla, Ramón ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; BRASSICA RAPA; COVER CROPS; HORDEUM VULGARE L; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MAIZE YIELD; N CONTENT; N FERTILIZERS; N MINERALIZATION; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITROGEN LEACHING; RAPE BIOMASS; VICIA SATIVA;

CROPS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; MINERALOGY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951662617     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0180     Document Type: Article

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