Nitrogen mineralization and maize yields following application of tree prunings to a sandy soil in Zimbabwe

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-211

  Zingore, S ^a   Mafongoya, P ^b   Nyamugafata, P ^a   Giller, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acacia angustissima; Calliandra calothyrsus; Flemingia macrophylla; Synchrony; Tithonia diversifolia

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; MAIZE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PRUNING; SANDY SOIL;

ZIMBABWE;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; CALLIANDRA; FLEMINGIA; TITHONIA; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042858126     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024887225450     Document Type: Article

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