Improving nitrogen use efficiency for cereal production

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 357-363

  Raun, William R ^a   Johnson, Gordon V ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT PRODUCT; RUNOFF; VOLATILIZATION;

AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM VULGATE; ORYZA GLABERRIMA; ORYZA SATIVA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SECALE CEREALE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032804175     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.00021962009100030001x     Document Type: Review

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