Crop nitrogen use and soil mineral nitrogen accumulation under different crop combinations and patterns of strip intercropping in northwest China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 221-231

  Li, Chun Jie ^a   Li, Yu Ying ^a   Yu, Chang Bing ^a   Sun, Jian Hao ^b   Christie, Peter ^a,c   An, Min ^d   Zhang, Fu Suo ^a   Li, Long ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous intercropping; Faba bean; Maize; Rotational intercropping; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; MATURATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL NITROGEN; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955006074     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0686-6     Document Type: Article

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