Isotopic evidence of the transfer of nitrogen fixed by legumes to coffee trees;Mise en évidence du transfert de l’azote fixé par des légumineuses aux caféiers

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Snoeck, Didier ^a   Zapata, Federico ^b   Domenach, Anne Marie ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Burundi; Coffea arabica; Desmodium; Isotope dilution; Leucaena; N 15

Indexed keywords

COFFEA ARABICA; DESMODIUM; LEUCAENA;

EID: 0242472372     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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