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Nitrogen balances can help fine‐tune nitrogen management
Author(s) -
Maaz Tai McClellan,
Brown Tabitha,
Glover Ayana,
Brooks Erin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2018.51.0503
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , nitrogen , nutrient management , yield (engineering) , nitrogen fertilizer , environmental science , reading (process) , agricultural engineering , computer science , nutrient , environmental resource management , environmental economics , engineering , economics , political science , chemistry , geography , ecology , materials science , biology , law , metallurgy , archaeology , organic chemistry
This article presents a framework for using nitrogen use efficiency within the context of yield and crop quality goals to evaluate fertilizer management. The framework's goal is to diagnose underlying factors contributing to the inefficient use of fertilizer. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/609 .