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Predicting fertilizer interception by swards
Author(s) -
HOULT E. H.,
McGARITY J. W.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1978.tb00797.x
Subject(s) - interception , fertilizer , pasture , environmental science , dry matter , agronomy , agricultural engineering , biology , ecology , engineering
A method for determining the extent of fertilizer interception by plants is described. Regression models were developed from the data collected. Dry matter was found to be a convenient and satisfactory pasture parameter to use for the prediction of fertilizer interception.