The fate of tree root and pruning nitrogen in a temperate climate alley cropping system determined by tree-injected 15N

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Seiter, S ^a   Horwath, W R ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N injection; Alley cropping; Alnus sinuta; Green manure; Nitrogen recovery

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MANURE; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

CROPPING PRACTICE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ALNUS SINUTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033367808     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050588     Document Type: Article

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