Crop rotation and nitrogen input effects on soil fertility, maize mineral nutrition, yield, and seed composition

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 870-879

  Riedell, Walter E ^a   Pikul Jr , Joseph L ^a   Jaradat, Abdullah A ^a   Schumacher, Thomas E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CROP ROTATION; DRY WEIGHT; FORAGE LEGUMES; GLYCINE MAX; GRAIN COMPOSITION; GRAIN YIELD; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEDICAGO; MINERAL NUTRITION; N FERTILIZERS; SEED COMPOSITION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MINERALS; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; TREATMENT EFFECTS; UNIVARIATE; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MINING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROTATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; STATISTICAL TESTS; ZINC;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68149110142     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0186x     Document Type: Article

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