Nitrogen use efficiency of spring wheat genotypes under field and lysimeter conditions

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Noulas, Ch ^a,b   Stamp, P ^a   Soldati, A ^a,c   Liedgens, M ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

15N; Lysimeter; N fertilizer recovery efficiency ( ); Nitrogen use efficiency components; Spring wheat

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; GENOTYPE; LYSIMETER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1942489771     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037X.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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