Decomposition of four Leucaena and Senna prunings in alley cropping systems under subhumid tropical conditions: The process and its modifiers

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-137

  Vanlauwe, B ^a,b,c   Sanginga, N ^a,b   Merckx, R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Fac of Agric and Appl Biol Sci   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCAENA; SENNA; CAESALPINIACEAE; FABACEAE; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SENNA SIAMEA;

ALLEY CROPPING; DECOMPOSITION; FALLOW; NITROGEN RELEASE; PLANT RESIDUE; PRUNING; RESIDUE DECOMPOSITION; TREE CANOPY; TROPICS;

EID: 0030614151     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00301-X     Document Type: Article

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