Influence of forage harvesting regimes on dynamics of biological dinitrogen fixation of a tropical woody legume

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-48

  Nygren, Pekka ^a,b   Cruz, Pablo ^a   Domenach, Anne Marie ^c   Vaillant, Victor ^a   Sierra, Jorge ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Agroforestry; Gliricidia sepium; Nodulation; Phenology; Pruning

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; HARVESTING; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION;

FRENCH ANTILLES; GUADELOUPE;

ANIMALIA; DICHANTIUM; DICHANTIUM ARISTATUM; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GMELINA ARBOREA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0033985706     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.1.41     Document Type: Article

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