Nitrogen uptake by crops, soil distribution and recovery of urea-N in a sorghum-wheat rotation in different soils under mediterranean conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-56

  Nannipieri, P ^a   Falchini, L ^a   Landi, L ^a   Benedetti, A ^b   Canali, S ^b   Tittarelli, F ^b   Ferri, D ^c   Convertini, G ^c   Badalucco, L ^d   Grego, S ^e   Vittori Antisari, L ^f   Raglione, M ^g   Barraclough, D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MIPA   (Italy)

^c MIPA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e DISUCOM Universit'a della Tuscia   (Italy)

^f Istituto di Chimica Agraria   (Italy)

^g Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bare soil; Enriched urea; Microbial biomass N; N balance; Non exchangeable NH4 +; Sorghum wheat rotation

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SORGHUM; UREA; WHEAT;

EID: 0032767255     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004487616680     Document Type: Article

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