Cover crop nitrogen availability to conventional and no-till corn: Soil mineral nitrogen, corn nitrogen status, and corn yield

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1017-1041

  Vaughan, Jeffrey D ^a   Hoyt, Greg D ^b   Wollum II, Arthur G ^b  

^a Agri Waste Technology Inc   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

COVER CROP; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORN; CROP; LABORATORY TEST; SEASON; SOIL;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034025139     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620009370495     Document Type: Article

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