Long-term effective microorganisms application promote growth and increase yields and nutrition of wheat in China

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-67

  Hu, Cheng ^a   Qi, Yingchun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compost; Crop growth; Effective microorganisms (EM); Grains yields; Long term fertilizer experiment

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENT; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; SOIL FERTILITY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872403608     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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