Assessment of soil factors limiting growth and establishment of Mucuna in farmers' fields in the derived savanna of the Benin Republic

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 416-422

  Houngnandan, P ^b   Sanginga, N ^a,e   Okogun, A ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^a   Merckx, R ^c   Van Cleemput, O ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Mycorrhizal infection rate; Nitrogen; Nutrient deficiencies; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037861799     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740100347     Document Type: Article

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