Long-term fertilizer experiment network in china: Crop yields and soil nutrient trends

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 216-230

  Zhao, Bing Qiang ^a   Li, Xiu Ying ^a   Li, Xiao Ping ^a   Shi, Xiao Jun ^b   Huang, Shao Min ^c   Wang, Bo Ren ^a   Zhu, Ping ^d   Yang, Xue Yun ^e   Liu, Hua ^f   Chen, Yi ^g   Poulton, Paul ^h   Powlson, David ^h   Todd, Alan ^h   Payne, Roger ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^h ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE P AND K; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; CROP FAILURES; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DOUBLE CROPPING; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; LONG-TERM FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS; MAIZE YIELD; N FERTILIZERS; P-VALUES; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; WHEAT YIELD;

CROPS; EXPERIMENTS; IRRIGATION; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74549166001     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0182     Document Type: Article

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