Site-specific nitrogen and plant density management in irrigated maize

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1193-1204

  Ping, J L ^a   Ferguson, R B ^b   Dobermann, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS); ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GRAIN YIELD (GY); HIGH YIELD; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PLANT DENSITIES; PLANT POPULATION; SITE SPECIFIC; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); YIELD MAPS;

PLANT MANAGEMENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47749084751     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0174     Document Type: Article

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