Impact of manure and slurry applications on soil nitrate in a maize-triticale rotation: Field study and long term simulation analysis

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-53

  Giola, Pietro ^a   Basso, Bruno ^b,c   Pruneddu, Giovanni ^a   Giunta, Francesco ^a   Jones, James W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best N management; Maize triticale; Manure; Nitrate leaching; Rotation; SALUS model; Slurry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FIELD SURVEY; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; MANURE; SLURRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

TRITICOSECALE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855225900     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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