Apparent red clover Nitrogen credit to corn: Evaluating cover crop introduction

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1658-1664

  Gentry, Lowell E ^a,b   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^b,c   Price, Richard F ^b   Gentry, Laura F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kellogg Biological Station   (United States)

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EID: 84886408762     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0089     Document Type: Article

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