Ridge tillage concentrates potentially mineralizable soil nitrogen, facilitating maize nitrogen uptake

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-88

  Kane, Daniel A ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^a   Davis, Adam S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; NITROGEN; SOILS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; FUNCTIONAL ZONES; GROWING SEASON; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; NITROGEN UPTAKE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; STRONG INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

MAIZE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

ILLINOIS; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84920982703     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.07.0273     Document Type: Article

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