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Crop Responses to Nitrogen

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Glossary

Critical crop N uptake:

Critical crop N uptake is defined as the minimum crop nitrogen uptake for achieving maximum crop mass.

Critical plant N concentration:

Critical plant N concentration is defined as the minimum plant nitrogen concentration of a crop corresponding to its maximum crop mass.

Harvest index (HI):

Harvest index (HI) is the ratio between harvested biomass Y (grains, tubers) and aboveground crop mass Wat crop maturity.

Intercepted photosynthetic active radiation (IPAR):

Intercepted photosynthetic active radiation (IPAR) is the proportion of the incident PAR which is intercepted by the crop at a given time. This proportion is related to the size of the canopy, the leaf area index, and depends also on canopy structure: leaf angle and geometry.

Leaf area index (LAI):

Leaf area index (LAI) is the total canopy leaf area of a crop per unit of soil area. LAI allows the estimation of the proportion of the incident light which is intercepted by the canopy and then which...

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Lemaire, G., Gastal, F. (2019). Crop Responses to Nitrogen. In: Savin, R., Slafer, G. (eds) Crop Science. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8621-7_385

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