Nitrate leaching from a maize×oats double-cropping forage system fertilized with organic residues under Mediterranean conditions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 160, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-39

  Carneiro, J P ^a,c   Coutinho, J ^b   Trindade, H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cattle slurry; Fertilization; Leaching mitigation; Nitrification inhibitor; Sewage sludge; Urban waste compost

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPOST; DOUBLE CROPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FORAGE; LEACHING; MAIZE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRATE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

PORTUGAL;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865753483     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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