Nitrogen recovery and downslope translocation in maize hillside cropping as affected by soil conservation

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-36

  Tuan, Vu Dinh ^a,b   Hilger, Thomas ^a   Vien, Tran Duc ^c   Cadisch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Institute of Agricultural Genetic   (Viet Nam)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

15N labelled urea; Maize; N fertilizer use efficiency; Soil conservation; Translocation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COVER CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HILLSLOPE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL CONSERVATION; TILLAGE; TRANSLOCATION; UREA;

VIET NAM;

ARACHIS PINTOI; PANICUM MAXIMUM; VIGNA UMBELLATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84958093483     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-014-9657-2     Document Type: Article

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