Phosphorus placement on acid arenosols of the West African Sahel

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-325

  Muehlig Versen, B ^a   Buerkert, Andreas ^b   Bationo, A ^c   Roemheld, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c TSBF UNESCO   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0042850507     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479703001261     Document Type: Article

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