Combined Effects of Legumes with Rock Phosphorus on Rice in West Africa

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1172-1178

  Somado, Eklou A ^a,e   Becker, Mathias ^b   Kuehne, Ronald F ^a   Sahrawat, Kanwar L ^c   Vlek, Paul L G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Togo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

LEGUMES;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AESCHYNOMENE AFRASPERA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0141503461     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2003.1172     Document Type: Article

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