Soil organic matter management within the legal constraints of the fertilization laws – BOPACT field trial Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Almost all soil and crop management practices have implications for soil organic matter (SOM) but the most obvious way for increasing the SOM content is by using organic fertilizers such as animal manures or compost. However, legislative restrictions related to the Nitrate Directive limit the use of fertilizers and consequently may constrain the built-up of stable SOM. Therefore, in the spring of 2010 a long term field experiment (BOPACT) was ...