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Liquid manure as a grassland fertilizer:IV. The effect of liquid manure on the mineral content of grass and clover

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. D. Drysdale  and
N. H. Strachan
A. D. Drysdale
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
N. H. Strachan
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
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1. The potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus contents of the grass and clover fractions of a perennial rye-grass and white clover sward were determined at each of five cuts taken between May and October in 1962 and 1963.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , December 1966 , pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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