Nitrogen use efficiency and herbage production of an established grass sward in relation to moisture and nitrogen fertilization

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1693-1708

  Abassi, M Kaleem ^a   Kazmi, Mushtaq ^a   Ul Hussan, Fayyaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dry matter yield; Grasslands; N recovery; N uptake; Nitrogen use efficiency; Physiological efficiency; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144447738     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160500250698     Document Type: Article

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