Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen fertilizer recovery of durum wheat genotypes as affected by interspecific competition

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 707-715

  Giambalvo, Dario ^a   Ruisi, Paolo ^a   di Miceli, Giuseppe ^a   Frenda, Alfonso Salvatore ^a   Amato, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DURUM WHEATS; GRAIN YIELD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; N AVAILABILITY; N FERTILIZATION; N USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC SYSTEMS; PLANT GROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRITICUM; WEED COMPETITION; WHEAT GENOTYPES;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN GROWTH; NITROGEN; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77749292429     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0380     Document Type: Article

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