An overview of fertilizer-P recommendations in Europe: Soil testing, calibration and fertilizer recommendations

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-435

  Jordan Meille, L ^a,b   Rubaek G H ^c   Ehlert, P A I ^d   Genot, V ^e   Hofman, G ^f   Goulding, K ^g   Recknagel, J ^h   Provolo, G ⁱ   Barraclough, P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^h Dipartimento di Ingegneria Agraria Università degli Studi di Milano ^*  (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Inter laboratory comparisons; Phosphate fertilizer; Phosphorus; Recommendation; Soil P tests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CALIBRATION; CLAY; DESORPTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEST; SORPTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84870934299     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00453.x     Document Type: Review

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