Soil tillage for sustainable nutrient management

Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 83-113

  Pekrun, Carola ^a   Kaul, Hans Peter ^b   Claupein, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROTATION; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATIONS; NONSELECTIVE HERBICIDE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PERMANENT GRASSLAND; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; SOIL NUTRIENT CYCLES; UNCULTIVATED SOIL;

NUTRIENTS;

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