Defining yield goals and management zones to minimize yield and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer recommendation errors

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 825-831

  Chang, Jiyul ^a   Clay, David E ^a   Carlson, Charles G ^a   Reese, Cheryl L ^a   Clay, Sharon A ^a   Ellsbury, Mike M ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS;

MANAGEMENT GOALS; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

FERTILIZERS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2642523860     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.0825     Document Type: Article

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