Effect of soil management on olive yield and nutritional status of trees in rainfed orchards

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 993-1007

  Rodrigues, Manuel Ângelo ^a   Lopes, João Ilídio ^b   Pavão, Francisco Manuel ^c   Cabanas, José Eduardo ^a   Arrobas, Margarida ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

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

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

Author keywords

Cover cropping; Leaf nutrient concentration; Leaf sampling date; Olea europaea L

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FIELDWORK; GROUND COVER; HERBICIDE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORCHARD; POTASSIUM; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SHEEP; SOIL MANAGEMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

PORTUGAL;

OLEA EUROPAEA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79956139070     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2011.562582     Document Type: Article

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