Nitrate leaching and residual effect in dairy crop rotations with grass-clover leys as influenced by sward age, grazing, cutting and fertilizer regimes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-84

  Eriksen, J ^a   Askegaard, M ^a   Rasmussen, J ^a   Soegaard K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Cutting; Grass clover; Grazing; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CROP ROTATION; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC FARMING;

HORDEUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84941257823     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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