Managing phosphorous soil dynamics over space and time

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Lambert, D M ^a   Lowenberg DeBoer, J ^b   Malzer, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Nitrogen and phosphorous management; Production economics

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAIZE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOYBEAN;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447298322     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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