Nitrogen fertilizer management to improve crop tolerance to corn rootworm larval feeding damage

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Riedell, Walter E ^a   Schumacher, Thomas E ^b   Evenson, Paul D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABROTICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242703494     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1996.00021962008800010006x     Document Type: Article

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