Farmer participatory testing of standard and modified site-specific nitrogen management for irrigated rice in China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Hu, Ruifa ^a   Cao, Jianmin ^a,b   Huang, Jikun ^a   Peng, Shaobing ^c   Huang, Jianliang ^d   Zhong, Xuhua ^e   Zou, Yingbin ^f   Yang, Jianchang ^g   Buresh, Roland J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^d HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^f HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Farmer participatory research; Farmers' fertilizer practices; Rice; Site specific nitrogen management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NITROGEN; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RICE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947710838     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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