Trenching: A necessity for assessment of n ² fixation in field grown faidherbia albida using n-enrichment methodology

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-237

  Gueye, M ^a   Ndoye, I ^b  

^a Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Parkia biglobosa; Parkinsonia aculeata; Reference species

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; TRENCH;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0033727768     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089030600406644     Document Type: Article

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