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the following crop if the tops are mineralized in the growing season.
Other arable residues tend to mineralize in the late summer/autumn
leaving a large pool of SMN. Thus, N supply from beet residues on
sandy soils will be greater than from other residues where SMN can be
leached. Fertilizer recommendations on sandy soils need to reflect this.

Acknowledgements

Funding for this work from The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food

is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks also to Alan Gay, ADAS

Boxworth, for help in data analysis.

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