Soil nitrogen dynamics and relationships with maize yields in a gliricidia-maize intercrop in Malawi

Plant and Soil

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-164

  Ikerra, Susan T ^a,b   Maghembe, Jumanne A ^b   Smithson, Paul C ^b   Buresh, Roland J ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Institute Mlingano   (Tanzania)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Gliricidia sepium; Inorganic nitrogen; Maize; Nitrogen mineralization

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; YIELD;

MALAWI;

GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032747883     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004636501488     Document Type: Article

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