Influence of root zone nitrogen management and a summer catch crop on cucumber yield and soil mineral nitrogen dynamics in intensive production systems
GuoRuiYing; LiXiaoLin; Christie,P.; ChenQing; JiangRongFeng; ZhangFuSuo
Plant And Soil 3: 1 2, 55-70
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-079X
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9679-0
Accession: 031930712
Nutrient and water management is crucially important in shallow-rooted vegetable production systems characterized by high input and high environmental risk. A 2-year field experiment on greenhouse cucumber double-cropping systems examined the effects of root zone nitrogen management and planting of sweet corn as a catch crop in the summer fallow period on cucumber yield and soil Nmin dynamics compared to conventional practices.