Soil and Plant Testing Programs as a Tool for Optimizing Fertilizer Strategies

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-80

  Van Erp, Peter J ^a   Van Beusichem, Marinus L ^b  

^a Nutrients Management Institute NMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crop nutrition; Fertilizer recommendations; Plant analysis; Plant testing programs; Soil analysis; Soil testing programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345275228     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v01n02_03     Document Type: Article

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