Determination of the critical nitrogen concentration of white cabbage

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 276-284

  Ekbladh, Göran ^a   Witter, Ernst ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Growth rate; Leaf area ratio; Nitrogen use efficiency; Response function

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LINEARITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION DECLINE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 77957871922     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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