@inproceedings{orgprints9885,
           title = {Apparent N Balance in Organic and Conventional Low Input Cropping Systems},
          author = {Arianna Boldrini and Paolo Benincasa and Giacomo Tosti and Francesco Tei and Marcello Guiducci},
            year = {2007},
        keywords = {nitrogen surplus, nitrogen loss, crop rotation},
             url = {http://orgprints.org/9885/},
        abstract = {The determination of nutrient surplus is one of the indicators of potential N losses from the agricultural system to the environment. An experiment was started in 1998 in Central Italy to evaluate the soil surface N balance of an organic and a conventional low input cropping system over a long term crop rotation. Results at the end of a 6-year crop rotation showed an estimated N surplus in organic system 1.3-2 times higher than in conventional system while N content in the top soil was not different in the two systems, so that organic system should have involved a higher N loss from that soil layer.}
}