The contribution of nitrogen by promiscuous soybeans to maize based cropping the moist savanna of Nigeria

Plant and Soil

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Sanginga, N ^a,b   Okogun, J ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^a   Dashiell, K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; 15N recovery; N contribution; Rotation; Southern Guinea Savanna

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; NITROGEN; SAVANNA; SOYBEAN;

NIGERIA;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036321579     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016192514568     Document Type: Article

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