Soil organic matter pools and crop yields as affected by the rate of farmyard manure and use of biodynamic preparations in a sandy soil

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-124

  Heitkamp, Felix ^a,b   Raupp, Joachim ^c   Ludwig, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Institute for Biodynamic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodynamic preparations; C and N pools; Long term experiment; Manure; Mineralization

Indexed keywords

SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRIFOLIUM; VIBRIO PHAGE NT-1;

EID: 84856289448     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-011-0010-7     Document Type: Article

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