Assessment of nitrogen mineralization potential and availability from neem seed residue in a savanna soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 408-412

  Agbenin, J O ^a   Agbaji, E B ^a   Suleiman, I ^a   Agbaji, A S ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b National Research Institute for Chemical Technology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Mineralization rates; N uptake; Potentially mineralizable N

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN;

CROP RESIDUE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SAVANNA;

EID: 0032839974     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050572     Document Type: Article

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