Mineral nutrition and growth of tropical maize as affected by soil acidity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-226

  Sierra, J ^a   Noel C ^a   Dufour, L ^a   Ozier Lafontaine, H ^a   Welcker, C ^a   Desfontaines, L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Nitrogen; Oxisol; Phosphorus; Radiation use efficiency; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACID SOIL; ACIDITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIMING; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; YIELD;

GUADELOUPE;

RUTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038041239     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024713127053     Document Type: Article

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