Yield response to phosphorus fertilizer in a wheat-lentil rotation in a Mediterranean environment

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-403

  Harmsen, K ^a   Matar, A E ^b   Saxena, M C ^c   Silim, S N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ^*  (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Direct P; Lens culinaris; Mitscherlich equation; P uptake; P moisture interactions; Residual P; Triticum vulgare

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; PHOSPHORUS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

LENS CULINARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035746641     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(01)80025-7     Document Type: Article

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