On-farm evaluation of liquid swine manure as a nitrogen source for corn production

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 248-262

  Woli, Krishna P ^a   Rakshit, Sudipta ^b   Lundvall, John P ^a   Sawyer, John E ^a   Barker, Daniel W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872954760     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0292     Document Type: Article

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