Testing the safety-net role of hedgerow tree roots by 15N placement at different soil depths

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 81-93

  Rowe, E C ^a   Hairiah, K ^b   Giller, K E ^a   Van Noordwijk, M ^c   Cadisch, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Competition; Indonesia; Leaching; N uptake; N2 fixation; Subsoil

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; HEDGEROW; INTERCROPPING; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; PELTOPHORUM DASYRRHACHIS;

EID: 0032463121     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022123020738     Document Type: Article

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