Establishment of continuous critical levels for indices of plant and presidedress soil nitrogen status in the potato crop

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 2067-2085

  Rodrigues, M Ângelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crop nutritional indices; Nitrogen fertilization; Presidedress soil tests; Quick tests; Solanum tuberosum L

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH CURVE; HARVEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; PLANT LEAF; PORTUGAL; POTATO; SOIL ANALYSIS;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 4644343754     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LCSS-200026837     Document Type: Article

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