Eleven-year results on soft and durum wheat crops grown in an organic and in a conventional low input cropping system

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 77-84

  Benincasa, Paolo ^a   Farneselli, Michela ^a   Tosti, Giacomo ^a   Bonciarelli, Umberto ^a   Lorenzetti, Maria Chiara ^a   Guiducci, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent balance; Biomass; Long term experiment; Nitrogen; Poultry manure; Residue; Yield

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

ITALY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84973441024     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2016.726     Document Type: Article

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