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Responses of alfalfa and barley to foliar application of N and P on a coal mine spoil

Malakondaiah, N.

Responses of alfalfa and barley to foliar application of N and P on a coal mine spoil - 1981 - Printed

26 ref.; Summary (En) Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0032-079X

To ensure adequate growth of plants on the highly impoverished and erodable surface mined lands, the application of N and P fertilizers by suitable methods is essential. In the present study, five growth chamber experiments were conducted to evaluate the relative efficacy of foliar and spoil application of N and P using alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. var. Erand) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var. Manker) as test crops on a freshly exposed coal mine spoil collected from western North Dakota. In general, barley responded to both N and P, but alfalfa mainly to P. Growth responses of barley to foliar or spoil-applied N + P were substantial and similar in


English

1573-5036 (Revista en electrónico)


Barley hordeum spp.
Lucernes medicago spp.
Phosphate fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers

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