Nitrogen fertiliser value of digested dairy cow slurry, its liquid and solid fractions, and of dairy cow slurry

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-78

  Cavalli, Daniele ^a   Cabassi, Giovanni ^b   Borrelli, Lamberto ^b   Fuccella, Roberto ^b   Degano, Luigi ^b   Bechini, Luca ^a   Marino, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent nitrogen recovery; Crop nitrogen uptake; Crop yield; Livestock slurries; Maize; Mineral fertiliser equivalent

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; AMMONIUM; CATTLE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MAIZE; NITROGEN; SILAGE; SLURRY;

ITALY;

EID: 84902157491     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2014.567     Document Type: Article

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