Effect of cereal/grass and legume cover crop monocultures and mixtures on the performance of fall planted cover crops, soil mineral nitrogen and short-term nitrogen availability

Winter cover crops have potential to be a valuable tool in efficiently managing N while providing biological N accumulation and green manure for subsequent summer crops. This may help to conserve N within the agricultural ecosystem and promote long term sustainability of the agricultural soils in...

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Main Author: Odhiambo, Jude Julius Owuor
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9582