Effects of interposing sugar beet on the nitrogen response of the following wheat crop

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-330

  Sylvester Bradley, Roger ^a   Shepherd, Mark A ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertiliser; Mineralisation; Nitrogen response; Sugar beet; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030857251     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199707)74:3<323::AID-JSFA805>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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