Effects of Legume Live-Mulch on Crop Performance, Soil Available Nitrogen and Crop N Status in Intensive Tropical Vegetable Production

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-278

  Kleinhenz, V ^a,c   Midmore, D J ^a   Schnitzler, W H ^b  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN MANURE; LEGUME; LIVING MULCH; MULCH; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PRODUCTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031390656     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1997.9755163     Document Type: Article

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