Nitrogen washing from C3 and C4 cover grasses residues by rain
Crop species with the C4 photosynthetic pathway are more efficient in assimilating N than C3 plants, which results in different N amounts prone to be washed from its straw by rain water. Such differences may affect N recycling in agricultural systems where these species are grown as cover crops. In...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
2010-12-01
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