An agronomic, economic and behavioral analysis of N application to cotton and wheat in post-Soviet Uzbekistan

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 411-418

  Kienzler, Kirsten M ^a   Djanibekov, Nodir ^a   Lamers, John P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cotton; Economic optimum; N fertilizer use; Uzbekistan; Winter wheat; Yield gap analysis

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; COTTON; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NITROGEN; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WHEAT;

UZBEKISTAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955152914     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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