A modelling approach to explore nitrogen fertilisation practices of growers and their consequences in apple orchards

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Nesme, Thomas ^a   Lescourret, Françoise ^a   Bellon, Stéphane ^b   Habib, Robert ^a  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

Author keywords

Apple orchards; Crop modelling; Cultural practices; Model parameter optimisation; Nitrogen dynamics; Nitrogen fertilisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MODELING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORCHARD;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 58549085390     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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