Dry-matter partitioning and leaf area of winter wheat grown in a long-term fallow tillage comparisons in the US Central Great Plains

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Wilhelm, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; N fertilization; Nitrate reductase; Root distribution; Tillage; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FERTILIZER; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

EID: 0032542069     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00154-8     Document Type: Article

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