Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by maize as affected by particulate organic matter quality, soil characteristics, and land-use history for soils from the West African moist savanna zone

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 440-449

  Vanlauwe, B ^a   Aihou, K ^b   Aman, S ^c   Tossah, B K ^d   Diels, J ^a   Lyasse, O ^a   Hauser, S ^a   Sanginga, N ^a   Merckx, R ^e  

^a c/o LW Lambourn and Company ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Inst des Rech Agricoles du Benin   (Benin)

^c Centre National de Recherche Agronomique Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA)   (Togo)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Nitrogen availability; Olsen phosphorus; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FALLOW; HEDGEROW INTERCROPPING; LAND USE; MAIZE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; WEST AFRICA;

LAND USE; MAIZE; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

(WEST); AFRICA;

GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM;

EID: 0034060267     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050022     Document Type: Article

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