Nitrogen cycling assessment in a hedgerow intercropping system using 15N enrichment

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Gebauer, Gerhard ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Biological nitrogen fixation; Leaching; Roots; Sorghum bicolor; Woody legume

Indexed keywords

HEDGEROW; INTERCROPPING; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEMIARID REGION;

KENYA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0036242854     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015403922358     Document Type: Article

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