Published online 17 August 2005
Published in Agron J 97:1304-1313 (2005)
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.0277
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Surface-Banding Liquid Manure over Aeration Slots
A New Low-Disturbance Method for Reducing Ammonia Emissions and Improving Yield of Perennial Grasses
Shabtai Bittmana,*,
Laurens J. P. van Vlieta,
C. Grant Kowalenkoa,
Sean McGinnb,
Derek E. Hunta and
Frederic Bounaixa
a Pacific Agri-Food Res. Cent., Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Box 1000, Agassiz, BC, V0M 1A0 Canada
b Lethbridge Res. Cent., Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, 5401-1 Ave. South, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1 Canada

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Fig. 1. Schematic of the SSD liquid manure applicator. The implement places narrow bands of manure on the soil surface directly over a line of intermittent vertical slots created with aeration tines to assist infiltration.
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