Corn response to nitrogen is influenced by soil texture and weather

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1658-1671

  Tremblay, Nicolas ^a   Bouroubi, Yacine M ^a   Bélec, Carl ^a   Mullen, Robert William ^b   Kitchen, Newell R ^c   Thomason, Wade E ^d   Ebelhar, Steve ^e   Mengel, David B ^f   Raun, William R ^g   Francis, Dennis D ^h   Vories, Earl D ⁱ   Ortiz Monasterio, Ivan ^j  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^j INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

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EID: 84869038690     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0184     Document Type: Article

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