Soil nutrient stratification and uptake by wheat after seven years of conventional and zero tillage in the Northern Grain belt of Canada

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 767-778

  Lupwayi, N Z ^a   Clayton, G W ^b   O'Donovan, J T ^a   Harker, K N ^b   Turkington, T K ^b   Soon, Y K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Crop rotation; Nutrient uptake; Soil nitrogen; Soil phosphorus; Soil potassium

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; GREEN MANURING; LEGUME; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE (ORGANIC); POTASSIUM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; FORT VERMILION; NORTH AMERICA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34248228821     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S06-010     Document Type: Article

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