Dynamics of phosphorus fractions during fallow with natural vegetation and planted Pueraria phaseoloides in south-western Nigeria

Plant and Soil

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Kolawole, G O ^a,b   Tian, G ^c   Tijani Eniola, H ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b c/o LW Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Development Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crop fallow ratio; Fallow biomass production; Fallow systems; Fallowing; Phosphorus fractions

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; FALLOW; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PUERARIA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES;

EID: 0344530906     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026283025527     Document Type: Article

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