A corn nitrogen status indicator less affected by soil water content

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 890-898

  Zhu, Juanjuan ^a   Tremblay, Nicolas ^b   Liang, Yinli ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

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EID: 79957595431     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0351     Document Type: Article

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