Identifying sulfur deficient fields by using sulfur content; N: S ratio and nutrient stoichiometric relationships in soybean seeds

Field Crops Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-115

  Salvagiotti, Fernando ^a   Ferraris, Gustavo ^a   Quiroga, Alberto ^a   Barraco, Mirian ^a   Vivas, Hugo ^b   Prystupa, Pablo ^c   Echeverría, Hernan ^a   Gutiérrez Boem, Flavio Hernán ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^c Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

N:S ratio; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Soybean; Stoichiometric relationships; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD SURVEY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEED; SOIL TEST; SOYBEAN; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84864411729     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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