Short-term effects of soil amendment with tree legume biomass on carbon and nitrogen in particle size separates in Central Togo

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1545-1552

  Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Poidy, Ninkabou ^b   Schroth, G̈otz ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Inst Natl des Culture Vivrieres   (Togo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FRACTIONATION; LEGUME; LIGNIN; METABOLITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT; POLYPHENOL; SAVANNA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

TOGO;

EID: 0032192638     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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