Tile drainage nitrate concentrations in response to fertilizer nitrogen application

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-169

  Smiciklas, Kenneth D ^a   Moore, Aaron S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer timing and rate; Field experimentation; Maize; Soybean

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55349100575     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2008.163.169     Document Type: Article

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