Use of a pre-sidedress soil nitrate test (PSNT) to determine nitrogen fertilizer requirements for irrigated corn

Agronomie

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 561-570

  Ferrer, Francesc ^a   Villar, Josep Maria ^a   Stockle, Claudio O ^b   Villar, Pere ^a,c   Aran, Miquel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Soil Fertility and Analysis Lab   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corn; Fertilizer rate; Nitrogen; PSNT; Soil nitrate

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TESTING METHOD;

CATALONIA; LLEIDA; SPAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242370924     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2003228     Document Type: Article

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