Rates of nitrogen application required to achieve maximum energy efficiency for various crops: Results of a long-term experiment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-76

  Hulsbergen K J ^a   Feil, B ^b   Diepenbrock, W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Energy input; Energy intensity; Energy output; Energy use efficiency; Output input ratio; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS;

CROP ROTATION; ENERGY BALANCE;

CROPS;

CROP PLANT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036077796     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(02)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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