Comparative effects of nitrogen fertigation and granular fertilizer application on growth and availability of soil nitrogen during establishment of highbush blueberry

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Bryla, David R ^a   Machado, Rui M A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonium N; Leaf nitrogen; Mineral nutrition; Nitrate N; Soil electrical conductivity; Soil pH; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755222559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00046     Document Type: Article

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