Soil and tissue tests to predict the sulfur requirements of canola in south-western Australia

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1061-1068

  Brennan, R F ^a   Bolland, M D A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extractable soil sulfur

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; GROWING SEASON; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEST; SOWING; SULFUR; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33745741298     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA04206     Document Type: Article

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