Nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching in an arable rotation resulting from the presence of an intercrop

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Pappa, Valentini A ^a   Rees, Robert M ^a   Walker, Robin L ^a   Baddeley, John A ^a   Watson, Christine A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Clover; Greenhouse gases; Legumes; N2O; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BARLEY; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVAR; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INTERCROPPING; LEACHING; LEGUME; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVENA; HORDEUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 79954630443     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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