Sowing date and nitrogen fertilisation effects on dry matter and nitrogen dynamics for durum wheat: An experimental and simulation study

Field Crops Research

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 245-257

  Ferrise, Roberto ^a   Triossi, Andrea ^a   Stratonovitch, Pierre ^b,c   Bindi, Marco ^a   Martre, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Crop simulation model; Dry matter accumulation; Nitrogen accumulation; Nitrogen nutrition; Sowing date; T. turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; PROTEIN; SOWING DATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77956876971     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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