Recovery of leucaena and dactyladenia residue Nitrogen-15 in alley cropping systems

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 454-460

  Vanlauwe, B ^a,b   Sanginga, N ^a,b   Merckx, R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United States)

^c Faculty of Applied Bioscience and Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PERFORMANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICS;

NITROGEN RECOVERY;

SOILS;

DACTYLADENIA BARTERI; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032030295     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200020023x     Document Type: Article

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