Effects of fertility management strategies on phosphorus bioavailability in four West African soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-83

  Sinaj, S ^a   Buerkert, A ^b   El Hajj, G ^a   Bationo, A ^c   Traore H ^d   Frossard, E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c TSBF UNESCO   (Kenya)

^d Institut National d'Etudes et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA)   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Cereal legume rotation; Crop residues; Isotopically exchangeable phosphorus; Rockphosphate

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0034954231     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010314108931     Document Type: Article

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