Modelling yield losses of aluminium-resistant and aluminium-sensitive wheat due to subsurface soil acidity: Effects of rainfall, liming and nitrogen application

Plant and Soil

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 349-360

  Tang, C ^a,b   Asseng, S ^c   Diatloff, E ^a   Rengel, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM; Grain yield; Liming; Nitrate leaching; Root penetration; Subsoil acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; LIMING; NITROGEN; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RAINFALL; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0141569131     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025597905001     Document Type: Article

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