Estimating grain and straw nitrogen concentration in grain crops based on aboveground nitrogen concentration and harvest index

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 158-165

  Kemanian, Armen R ^a,b   Stöckle, Claudio O ^a   Huggins, David R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

CROPPING SYSTEMS SIMULATION MODELS; HARVEST INDEX; PHYSIOLOGIC MATURITY; STRAW NITROGEN CONCENTRATION;

CROPS;

FARM CROPS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; SIMULATION;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846201684     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0090     Document Type: Article

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