Influence of urea on biological N2 fixation and N transfer from Azolla intercropped with rice

Plant and Soil

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Cissé, Madiama ^a   Vlek, Paul L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N; Azolla; BNF; Mean pool abundance; Oryza sativa; Urea

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING; NITROGEN FIXATION; RICE; UREA;

GERMANY;

AZOLLA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0037567497     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022830423154     Document Type: Article

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