Soil N balance as affected by soybean maturity class in the Guinea savanna of Nigeria

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 231-240

  Singh, A ^a   Carsky, R J ^b,e   Lucas, E O ^c   Dashiell, K ^d  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e c/o W Lambourn and Co ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guinea savanna; N balance; N2 fixation; Nigeria; Nitrogen harvest index; Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill)

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT BUDGET; SAVANNA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOYBEAN;

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

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345149339     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00193-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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