Input and output of major nutrients under monocropping sisal in Tanzania

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-310

  Hartemink, A E ^a,b  

^a ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Agave sisalana; Ferralsols; Nutrient balances; Soil fertility decline

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; AGAVE SISALANA;

CROP PRODUCTION; FERRALSOL; MONOCROPPING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BALANCE; PHOSPHORUS; SISAL; SOIL FERTILITY;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0031462231     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199712)8:4<305::aid-ldr261>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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