Critical N concentration can vary with growth conditions in forage grasses: Implications for plant N status assessment and N deficiency diagnosis

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-230

  Agnusdei, Mónica G ^a   Assuero, Silvia G ^b   Lattanzi, Fernando A ^c   Marino, María A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical N concentration; Forage grasses; N fertilization; N nutrition index

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION BALANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

AVENA SATIVA; BROMUS; BROMUS CATHARTICUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77958489777     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-010-9348-6     Document Type: Article

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