Corn response to conventional and slow-release nitrogen fertilizers across a claypan landscape

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-614

  Noellsch, A J ^a   Motavalli, P P ^a   Nelson, K A ^b   Kitchen, N R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS AMMONIA; CLAYPAN; CLAYPAN SOIL; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN RESPONSE; CROP GROWTH; ECONOMIC RETURNS; GRAIN YIELD; IN-PLANT; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; MISSOURIS; N FERTILIZERS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SLOW RELEASE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

AMMONIA; CROPS; METABOLISM; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; UREA; WATER CONTENT;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67249160099     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0067x     Document Type: Article

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