Influence of root zone nitrogen management and a summer catch crop on cucumber yield and soil mineral nitrogen dynamics in intensive production systems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 55-70

  Guo, Ruiying ^a,b   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Christie, Peter ^a,c   Chen, Qing ^a   Jiang, Rongfeng ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch crop; Greenhouse cucumber; Nmin; Root zone N management; Sweet corn

Indexed keywords

CATCH CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MAIZE; REDUCTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL NITROGEN; VINE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56349126795     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9679-0     Document Type: Article

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