Soil nitrate and water dynamics in sesbania fallows, weed fallows, and maize

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 568-574

  Hartemink, Alfred E ^a   Buresh, R J ^c   Jama, Bashir ^c   Janssen, B H ^b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITRATES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER;

MAIZE; NITRATE LEACHING; SESBANIA FALLOWS; SUBSOILS; WATER DYNAMICS; WED FALLOWS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

FALLOW; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; NITRATE; SESBANIA; WEED FALLOW;

KENYA;

EID: 0029666776     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1996.03615995006000020033x     Document Type: Article

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