Opportunities to improve phosphorus efficiency and soil fertility in rainfed lowland and upland rice ecosystems

Field Crops Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 73-92

  Kirk, G J D ^a   George, T ^a   Courtois, B ^a   Senadhira, D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cumulative response; Fertilizer formulation; Germplasm; Iron oxidation; Nitrate leaching; Organic acid; Phosphorus efficiency; Phosphorus solubilization; Plant cation anion balance; Residual phosphorus; Rhizosphere pH change; Subsoil acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; FERTILIZER; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE;

CROP PRODUCTION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RICE; SOIL FERTILITY;

EID: 0032029915     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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