Nine-year results on maize and processing tomato cultivation in an organic and in a conventional low input cropping system

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-13

  Farneselli, Michela ^a   Benincasa, Paolo ^a   Tosti, Giacomo ^a   Pace, Roberta ^a   Tei, Francesco ^a   Guiducci, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent balance; Biomass; Green manure; Nitrogen; Residue; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CASH CROPPING; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DRY MATTER; FRUIT; GREEN MANURING; LEGUME; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ITALY;

EID: 84873739108     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2013.e2     Document Type: Article

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