Yield and N use efficiency of a maize-wheat cropping system as affected by different fertilizer management strategies in a farmer's field of the North China Plain

Field Crops Research

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-39

  Hartmann, Tobias Edward ^a   Yue, Shanchao ^b   Schulz, Rudolf ^a   He, Xiongkui ^c   Chen, Xinping ^c   Zhang, Fusuo ^c   Müller, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammoniumsulphate nitrate; DMPP; Nitrogen use efficiency; North China Plain; Urea; Urea ammonium nitrate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CROP YIELD; DOUBLE CROPPING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; UREA; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84922676001     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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