Crop and soil nitrogen status of tilled and no-tillage systems in semiarid regions of Saskatchewan

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 489-498

  McConkey, B G ^a   Curtin, D ^b   Campbell, C A ^a   Brandt, S A ^c   Selles, F ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop residue decomposition; Grain protein; N availability; N mineralization; Soil N fractions; Tillage intensity

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; MINERALIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DURUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 0036880836     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S01-036     Document Type: Article

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