Evaluation of a polyolefin coated urea (Meister) as a fertilizer for irrigated cotton

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-254

  Chen, Deli ^a   Freney, John R ^a,b   Rochester, Ian ^b   Constable, Greg A ^b   Mosier, Arvin R ^c   Chalk, Phil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cotton; Meister; Nitrate; Slow release fertilizer; Urea

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM; CALCIUM; CLAY; COTTON; CROPPING PRACTICE; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; RESIN; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOWING; UREA; WAX;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NAMOI VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 45849151230     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9160-0     Document Type: Article

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