Olive yields and tree nutritional status during a four-year period without nitrogen and boron fertilization

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 803-814

  Rodrigues, M Ângelo ^a   Pavão, Francisco ^b   Lopes, João I ^c   Gomes, Vanessa ^d   Arrobas, Margarida ^a   Moutinho Pereira, José ^e   Ruivo, Sérgio ^a   Cabanas, José E ^a   Correia, Carlos M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Associação de Olivicultores de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro   (Portugal)

^c Direccao Regional de Agricultura e Pescas do Norte   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boron fertilization; Nitrogen fertilization; Olea europaea L.; Soil boron availability; Soil nitrogen availability

Indexed keywords

BORON; CROP YIELD; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; MOBILITY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL NITROGEN;

PORTUGAL;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 79953146448     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2011.552656     Document Type: Article

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