Soil test correlation, calibration, and recommendation

Soil Testing and Plant Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 45-71

  Dahnke, W C ^a   Olson, R A ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Fertilizer recommendation; Field trial; Greenhouse trial; Plateau yield; Soil test calibration; Soil test correlation; Soil test recommendation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102913965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser3.3ed.c4     Document Type: Chapter

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