Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. III. Nutrient import and export by forage legumes and their rotational effects on subsequent maize

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-256

  Muhr, L ^a   Tarawali, S A ^b,c   Peters, M ^d   Schultze Kraft, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Intl Livestock Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^c International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Nigeria)

^d Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

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