Sources of variability in the effectiveness of winter cover crops for mitigating N leaching

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 226-235

  Teixeira, Edmar I ^a   Johnstone, Paul ^a   Chakwizira, Emmanuel ^a   de Ruiter, John ^a   Malcolm, Brendon ^a   Shaw, Naomi ^a   Zyskowski, Robert ^a   Khaembah, Edith ^a   Sharp, Joanna ^a   Meenken, Esther ^a   Fraser, Patricia ^a   Thomas, Steve ^a   Brown, Hamish ^a   Curtin, Denis ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

APSIM; Cover crops; Crop rotation; Environmental assessment; Modelling; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955087446     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.019     Document Type: Article

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