Critical grain and stover nitrogen concentrations at harvest for summer maize production in china

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Chen, Xinping ^a,b   Zhang, Fusuo ^b   Cui, Zhenling ^b   Li, Junliang ^c   Ye, Youliang ^d   Yang, Zhiping ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; FARM SITES; MAIZE PRODUCTION; N FERTILIZATION; NITRATE-N; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN RATE; SUMMER MAIZE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARVESTING; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 74549185116     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0226     Document Type: Article

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