Legumes can reduce economic optimum nitrogen rates and increase yields in a wheat-canola cropping sequence in western canada

Field Crops Research

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-25

  St Luce, Mervin ^a   Grant, Cynthia A ^b   Zebarth, Bernie J ^c   Ziadi, Noura ^a   O'Donovan, John T ^d   Blackshaw, Robert E ^e   Harker, K Neil ^d   Johnson, Eric N ^a   Gan, Yantai ^f   Lafond, Guy P ^a   May, William E ^a   Khakbazan, Mohammad ^b   Smith, Elwin G ^e  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cereals; Crop rotation; Fertilizer; Nitrate; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84928674324     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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