Seasonal temperatures have more influence than nitrogen fertilizer rates on cucumber yield and nitrogen uptake in a double cropping system

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-451

  Guo, Ruiying ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Christie, Peter ^a,b   Chen, Qing ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenhouse cucumber; N loss; N recommendations; Seasonal differences

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; FRUITS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

DOUBLE CROPPING SYSTEMS; DRY MATTER ALLOCATION; GREENHOUSE CUCUMBER; SEASONAL EFFECTS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VINE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CROPPING SYSTEM; CUCUMBER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRUIT; FRUIT GROWTH; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PLANT NUTRITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER;

BIOMASS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 38949187854     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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