Managing the seeding rate to improve nitrogen-use efficiency of winter wheat

Field Crops Research

Volumn 154, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-109

  Dai, Xinglong ^a   Zhou, Xiaohu ^a   Jia, Dianyong ^a   Xiao, Lili ^a   Kong, Haibo ^a   He, Mingrong ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

N uptake efficiency; N use efficiency; N utilisation efficiency; Seeding rate; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SEEDING; SEEDLING; TILLAGE; WHEAT; WINTER;

IRELAND; SHANNON;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84887817821     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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