Leaf nitrogen concentration and chlorophyll meter readings as predictors of tall fescue nitrogen nutrition status

Field Crops Research

Volumn 129, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-58

  Errecart, Pedro M ^a   Agnusdei, Mónica G ^a   Lattanzi, Fernando A ^b   Marino, María A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Leaf age; Leaf size; Lolium arundinaceum; N diagnosis; NNI; SPAD

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CHLOROPHYLL; GRASS; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOMASS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; BALCARCE; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84856982230     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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