Water and nitrogen balance of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor moench (L.)) cv. Keller under semi-arid conditions

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 329-342

  Cosentino, Salvatore Luciano ^a   Mantineo, Mariadaniela ^a   Testa, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen dilution curve; Sweet sorghum; Water balance; WUE

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DILUTION CURVE; SWEET SORGHUM; WATER BALANCE; WUE;

CROPS; LEACHING; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NITROGEN;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DILUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYTOMASS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 82055194085     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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