Monoculture maize (Zea mays L.) cropped under conventional tillage, no-tillage and N fertilization: (I) three year yield performances

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Tabaglio, Vincenzo ^a   Gavazzi, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Maize; N fertilization; No tillage; Zea mays l

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOAM; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TILLAGE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857262126     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2009.3.61     Document Type: Article

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