Soil properties, yield, and landscape relationships in south-central Saskatchewan Canada

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-556

  Noorbakhsh, S ^a   Schoenau, J ^a   Si, B ^a   Zeleke, T ^a   Qian, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Relative elevation; Soil properties; Transect

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 40349097957     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160801895076     Document Type: Article

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