Fertilizer and soil nitrogen use by corn and border crops in a strip intercropping system

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 758-762

  Ghaffarzadeh, Mohammadreza ^a   Préchac, Fernando García ^c   Cruse, Richard M ^b   Harbur, Matthew M ^b  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032458203     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1998.00021962009000060007x     Document Type: Article

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