Site-specific effects of variable water supply and nitrogen fertilisation on winter wheat

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 509-523

  Geesing, Dieter ^a,b   Diacono, Mariangela ^c,d   Schmidhalter, Urs ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nitrogen management; Precision agriculture; Site specific N rates; Soil mineral N; Soil water; Water use efficiency; Wheat yield variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904704475     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201300215     Document Type: Article

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