Soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics in a Kenyan nitisol under long-term fertilizer and organic input management

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1773-1782

  Kapkiyai, Jane J ^a   Karanja, Nancy K ^a   Qureshi, Javaid N ^b   Smithson, Paul C ^c   Woomer, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle manure; Mineral fertilization; Smallhold farming systems; Soil organic C; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BEAN; BIOMASS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MAIZE; MANURE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

KENYA;

EID: 0032844354     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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