Decrease in phosphorus concentrations when P fertiliser application is reduced or omitted from grazed pasture soils

Soil Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 282-292

  Coad, Jessica ^a   Burkitt, Lucy ^b   Dougherty, Warwick ^c   Sparrow, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decline; Utilise; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CATCHMENTS; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS;

DAIRY INDUSTRY; DECLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GRAZING SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; UTILISE; WITHDRAWAL;

SOILS;

EID: 84898482635     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13243     Document Type: Article

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