Within-season grass yield and nitrogen uptake, and soil nitrogen as affected by nitrogen applied at various rates and distributions in a high rainfall environment

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-301

  Kowalenko, C G ^a   Bittman, S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

N leaching; N response; N uptake; Residual N effect; Soil extractable N

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038310399     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P98-139     Document Type: Article

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