Seasonality of nitrogen uptake, apparent recovery of fertilizer nitrogen and background nitrogen supply in two Irish grassland soils

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-38

  Murphy, P N C ^a   O'Connell, K ^b   Watson, S ^c   Watson, C J ^c   Humphreys, J ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent recovery of fertilizer nitrogen; Fertilizer nitrogen for grass; Nitrogen mineralisation; Nitrogen uptake; Seasonality of nitrogen uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884745405     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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