Nitrogen balance in the Magruder plots following 109 years in continuous winter wheat

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1561-1580

  Davis, R L ^a   Patton, J J ^a   Teal, R K ^a   Tang, Y ^a   Humphreys, M T ^a   Mosali, J ^a   Girma, K ^a   Lawles, J W ^a   Moges, S M ^a   Malapati, A ^a   Si, J ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Deng, S ^a   Johnson, G V ^a   Mullen, R W ^a   Raun, W R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Manure; Nitrogen use efficiency; Wheat production

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038011189     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PLN-120022364     Document Type: Article

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