Multipurpose tree prunings as a source of nitrogen to maize under semiarid conditions in Zimbabwe: 1. Nitrogen-recovery rates in relation to pruning quality and method of application

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-46

  Mafongoya, P L ^a,b   Nair, P K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Research and Specialist Services ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cajunus cajan; Calliandra calothyrsus; Leucaena leucocephala; Miombo litter; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; LEGUMINOUS TREE; MAIZE; NITROGEN; SEMIARID REGION; TREE PRUNING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030657596     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345327     Document Type: Article

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