Nutrient resources for crop production in the tropics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1356, 1997, Pages 975-985

  Vlek, Paul L G ^a   Kühne, Ronald F ^a   Denich, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILISER USE; FERTILIZER; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL NUTRIENTS; TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL; TROPICS;

EID: 0030787956     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0076     Document Type: Article

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