Long-term fertilization impacts on corn yields and soil organic matter on a clay-loam soil in Northeast China

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Zhu, Ping ^a   Ren, Jun ^a   Wang, Lichun ^a   Zhang, Xiaoping ^b   Yang, Xueming ^c   MacTavish, Don ^c  

^a JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn yield; Farmyard manure; Long term experiment; Mineral fertilizer; Monoculture; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34248136558     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200620635     Document Type: Article

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