Yield and early growth responses to starter fertilizer in no-till corn assessed with precision agriculture technologies

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1024-1033

  Bermudez, Manuel ^a   Mallarino, Antonio P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SEED; SOILS;

FERTILIZATION;

FERTILIZERS;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036746410     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2002.1024     Document Type: Article

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