Improving crop yield and N uptake with long-term straw retention in two contrasting soil types

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-391

  Malhi, S S ^a   Nyborg, M ^b   Solberg, E D ^c   Dyck, M F ^b   Puurveen, D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop yield; N balance; N fertilizer; N uptake; Straw management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RETENTION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; STRAW;

ALBERTA; BRETON; CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HORDEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 80052817624     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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