Crop yield, nitrogen acquisition and sugarcane quality as affected by interspecific competition and nitrogen application

Field Crops Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-50

  Yang, Wenting ^a,b   Li, Zhixian ^a,c   Wang, Jianwu ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggressivity; Competitive ratio; Land equivalent ratio; Sugarcane quality; Sugarcane soybean intercropping

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; SOYBEAN; SUGAR CANE;

GLYCINE MAX; SACCHARUM;

EID: 84876356653     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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