Crop residue, manure and fertilizer in dryland maize under reduced tillage in northern China: I grain yields and nutrient use efficiencies

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Wang, Xiaobin ^a,b   Cai, Dianxiong ^a   Hoogmoed, Willem B ^b   Perdok, Udo D ^b   Oenema, Oene ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Dryland; Fertilizer; Maize; Manure; Nitrogen; Nutrient management; Nutrient use efficiency; Phosphorus; Potassium; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DRYLAND FARMING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; MANURE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL FERTILITY; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547405758     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9113-7     Document Type: Article

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