Prediction of leaf nitrogen from early season samples and development of field sampling protocols for nitrogen management in Almond (Prunus dulcis [Mill.] DA Webb)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-163

  Saa, Sebastian ^a   Brown, Patrick H ^b   Muhammad, Saiful ^c   Olivos Del Rio, Andres ^b   Sanden, Blake L ^d   Laca, Emilio A ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Field variability; Foliar analysis; Leaf sampling; Sampling size

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; METAL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDICTION;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84903524346     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2062-4     Document Type: Article

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