Approaches to optimizing nitrogen fertilization in a winter wheat-red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) relay cropping system

Field Crops Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-201

  Gaudin, Amélie C M ^a   Janovicek, Ken ^a   Martin, Ralph C ^a   Deen, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Nitrogen; Optimization; Red clover; Relay cropping; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; WHEAT;

GLYCINE MAX; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888290351     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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