Continuous corn response to residue management and nitrogen fertilization

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1774-1780

  Coulter, Jeffrey A ^a   Nafziger, Emerson D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SECURITY OF DATA; SOILS; TOOLS;

CHISEL PLOWS; CORN RESPONSES; CROP MANAGEMENTS; GRAIN YIELDS; ILLINOISES; N FERTILIZATIONS; N FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FERTILIZATIONS; NO REMOVALS; NO TILLS; PRODUCTIVE SOILS; RESIDUE MANAGEMENTS; RESIDUE REMOVALS; SHORT TERMS; SOIL COVERS; SOIL PRODUCTIVITIES; SURFACE RESIDUES; TILLAGE SYSTEMS; ZEA MAYS L.;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56849116844     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0170     Document Type: Article

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