Potassium nutrition of crops under varied regimes of nitrogen supply

Plant and Soil

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-34

  Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Niu, Junfang ^b   Zhang, Weifeng ^a   Chen, Xinping ^a   Li, Chunjian ^a   Yuan, Lixing ^a   Xie, Jianchang ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Potassium transport and cycling; Potassium nitrogen interaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AMMONIUM; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRANSLOCATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 77956876715     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0323-4     Document Type: Article

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