Assessment of potassium supply for corn by analysis of plant parts

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2177-2183

  Mallarino, Antonio P ^a   Higashi, S L ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ACETATE; CONCENTRATION OF; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN PLANT; CORN STALK; EXTRACTANTS; FERTILIZER RATES; FIELD TRIAL; GRAIN YIELD; IN-PLANTS; LUXURY UPTAKE; SITE-TESTING; SOIL-TEST K; TISSUE TESTING; UPPER LIMITS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DIES; FERTILIZERS; POTASSIUM; SOILS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POTASSIUM; SOIL TEST; YIELD RESPONSE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72449159141     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0370     Document Type: Article

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