Growth, yield, and nitrogen use in the wheat/maize intercropping system in an arid region of northwestern China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-30

  Gao, Ying ^a,b   Wu, Pute ^a,b   Zhao, Xining ^a,b   Wang, Zikui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expolinear growth equation; Growth delay; Internal N use efficiency (IE); Land equivalent ratio (LER); Relative N yield total (RNT)

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84904904930     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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