Interspecies competition and N transfer in a tropical grass-legume mixture

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 441-448

  Trannin, W S ^a   Urquiaga, S ^a   Guerra, G ^a   Ibijbijen, J ^b   Cadisch, G ^c  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Belowground N transfer; Biological N2 fixation; Brachiaria decumbens; Stylosanthes guianensis

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PLANT COMPETITION; SOIL INOCULATION;

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 0034479724     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740000271     Document Type: Article

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