Nitrogen from Australian dryland pastures

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 746-758

  Angus, J F ^a,b   Peoples, M B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

High rainfall zone; N2fixation; Nitrogen fertilisers

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; DRYLAND FARMING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872231822     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP12161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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