Soil nitrate variations under grass, sorghum and bare fallow in semi-arid Kenya

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-333

  Warren, G P ^b   Atwal, S S ^b   Irungu, J W ^a  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030756102     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479797003025     Document Type: Article

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