Repeated use of green-manure catch crops in organic cereal production - grain yields and nitrogen supply

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-175

  Løes, Anne Kristin ^a   Henriksen, Trond M ^a   Eltun, Ragnar ^a   Sjursen, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Cover crop; Legume; Phosphorus; Potassium; Red clover; Ryegrass; Soil mineral N; White clover

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; LOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 79952406055     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064711003655509     Document Type: Article

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