Dinitrogen Fixation by Winter Chickpea Across Scales in Waterlogged Soil in a Mediterranean Climate

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-145

  Lee, J ^a   Six, J ^a   van Kessel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Mediterranean; Nitrogen fixation; Scale; Tillage; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TILLAGE; WATER STRESS; WATERLOGGING; YIELD RESPONSE;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 79952370136     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2010.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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