Influence of long-term tillage, straw, and n fertilizer management on crop yield, N uptake, and n balance sheet in two contrasting soil types

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2548-2560

  Malhi, Sukhdev S ^a   Nyborg, M ^b   Dyck, M F ^b   Puurveen, D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CANOLA; CHERNOZEM; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LOAM; LUVISOL; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEED; SOIL TYPE; STRAW; UREA; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

ALBERTA; BRETON; CANADA; ELLERSLIE;

EID: 83455200730     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2011.609262     Document Type: Article

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