OPTIMAL N FERTILIZATION, USING TOTAL AND MINERAL N, AFFECTING CORN (ZEA MAYS L.) GRAIN N UPTAKE

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-243

  Miransari, M ^a   Mackenzie, A F ^b  

^a Abtin Berkeh Limited Co ^*  (Iran)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corn (Zea mays L.); grain N uptake; optimum N fertilization; soil total and mineral N

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892533552     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2013.859694     Document Type: Article

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