Yield components and nitrogen use in cereal-pea intercrops in Mediterranean environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 196, Issue , 2016, Pages 379-388

  Monti, Michele ^a   Pellicanò, Antonio ^a   Santonoceto, Carmelo ^a   Preiti, Giovanni ^a   Pristeri, Aurelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Nitrogen use; Pea; Straw nitrogen content; Yield components

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SEMIARID REGION;

ITALY;

HORDEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84989811754     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.07.017     Document Type: Article

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