A vision for incorporating environmental effects into nitrogen management decision support tools for U.S. maize production

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Banger, Kamaljit ^a   Yuan, Mingwei ^a   Wang, Junming ^b   Nafziger, Emerson D ^a   Pittelkow, Cameron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop models; In season nitrogen management; Leaching; Nutrient recommendation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026477050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01270     Document Type: Article

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