Destructive and non-destructive measurements of residual crop residue and phosphorus effects on growth and composition of herbaceous fallow species in the Sahel

Plant and Soil

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 265-273

  Gerard B ^a   Hiernaux, P ^b   Muehlig Versen, B ^c   Buerkert, A ^d  

^a ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Nigeria)

^b ILRI at ICRISat Sahelian Centre   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Fallow species composition; Image analysis; Millet; Radiometric measurements

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP RESIDUE; FALLOW; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL AMENDMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035111626     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004876032203     Document Type: Article

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