Our nitrogen 'footprint': The need for increased crop nitrogen use efficiency

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-169

  Andrews, M ^a   Lea, P J ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84882437021     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aab.12052     Document Type: Review

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