Effects of a catch crop and reduced nitrogen fertilization on nitrogen leaching in greenhouse vegetable production systems

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-39

  Min, Ju ^a   Shi, Weiming ^a   Xing, Guangxi ^a   Zhang, Hailin ^b   Zhu, Zhaoliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental hazard; Fertilizer N management; Greenhouse vegetable; N loss; Summer catch crop

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CATCH CROP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; LEACHATE; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; VEGETABLE;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80051664895     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9441-5     Document Type: Article

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