Root and inorganic nitrogen distributions in sesbania fallow, natural fallow and maize fields

Plant and Soil

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-327

  Mekonnen, Kindu ^a   Buresh, Roland J ^a   Jama, Bashir ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Fallow; Maize; Nitrate; Root distribution; Root length density; Root to shoot ratio; Sesbania sesban

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FALLOW; MAIZE; NITRATE; ROOT LENGTH; SESBANIA; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL WATER;

KENYA;

EID: 0030619281     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004264608576     Document Type: Article

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