Published online 8 January 2009
Published in Agron J 101:159-166 (2009)
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0102
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Regional Evaluation of Critical Nitrogen Concentrations in Winter Wheat Production of the North China Plain
Zhenling Cuia,
Fusuo Zhanga,
Zhengxia Doub,
Miao Yuxina,
Qinping Sun,
Xinping Chena,*,
Junliang Lic,
Youliang Yed,
Zhiping Yange,
Qiang Zhange,
Chunsheng Liuf and
Shaomin Huangg
a Dep. of Plant Nutrition, College of Resources and Environ. Sci., China Agricultural Univ., Beijing 100094, China
b School of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA 19348
c College of Resources and Environ. Sci., Qingdao Agricultural Univ., Qingdao 266109, China
d College of Resources and Environ. Sci., Henan Agricultural Univ., Zhengzhou 450000, China
e Inst. of Soil Sci. and Fertilizer, Shanxi Academy of Agric. Sci., Taiyuan 030031, China
f College of Resources and Environ. Sci., Shandong Agricultural Univ., Taian 271018, China
g Institute of Soil Sci. and Fertilizer, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sci., Zhengzhou, 450000, China

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Fig. 1. (a) Relative grain yield, (b) grain N concentration, (c) straw N concentration, (d) residual soil nitrate N at harvest, and (e) apparent N loss as functions of fertilizer N rate. Data were pooled from nine field experiments (n = 54).
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