Wheat yield response to spatially variable nitrogen fertilizer in Mediterranean environment

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-70

  Basso, Bruno ^a   Cammarano, Davide ^b   Fiorentino, Costanza ^c   Ritchie, Joe T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop model; Management zone; Rainfall distribution; Variable rate nitrogen; Wheat spatial and temporal yield variability

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PROFITABILITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

EID: 84881512404     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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