Management of tropical legume cover crops in the Bolivian Amazon to sustain crop yields and soil productivity

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 765-776

  Luna Orea, Pedro ^a   Wagger, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; DESMODIUM; DESMODIUM ADSCENDENS; ORYZA SATIVA; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0030457718     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1996.00021962008800050014x     Document Type: Article

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