Catch Crops in Lower Saxony—More Than 30 Years of Action against Water Pollution with Nitrates: All in Vain?
Intensive animal production, vast amounts of biogas plants, and the spreading of manure and digestates, exerts strong pressure on water quality in the German federal state of Lower Saxony. Catch and cover crop (c&c) cultivation is seen as one measure to inhibit nitrate leaching into soils, and t...
Main Authors: | Susanne Klages, Christina Aue, Karin Reiter, Claudia Heidecke, Bernhard Osterburg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-03-01
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Series: | Agriculture |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/4/447 |
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