Quantitative sidedress nitrogen recommendations for potatoes based upon crop nutritional indices

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Rodrigues, M A ^a   Coutinho, J ^b   Martins, F ^b   Arrobas, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crop N management; Decision support system; Plant analysis; Solanum tuberosum; Tissue testing

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 21344461920     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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