Transformations and recovery of residue and fertilizer nitrogen-15 in a sandy Lixisol of West Africa

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-269

  Ibewiro, Basil ^a,b,c   Sanginga, Nteranya ^b   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^a,b   Merckx, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c CDFA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Microbial biomass; Mixed residues; N mineralization; Soil organic matter fractions

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAIZE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WEST AFRICA;

CROP RESIDUE; FERTILIZER; IMMOBILIZATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALIZATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

(WEST); AFRICA;

IMPERATA; LABLAB; MUCUNA;

EID: 0034044737     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050655     Document Type: Article

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