Net primary production and nutrient cycling in an apple orchard-annual crop system in the Loess Plateau, China: A comparison of Qinguan apple, Fuji apple, corn and millet production subsystems

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-105

  Faqi, Wu ^a   Haibin, Liu ^a   Baosheng, Sun ^a   Jian, Wang ^a   Gale, William J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Net primary production; Nutrient cycling; System

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; MILLET; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORCHARD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA ITALICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42149114108     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9155-x     Document Type: Article

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