Perennial crops and endogenous nutrient supplies

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-37

  Crews, T E ^a  

^a PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Legume; Lithophilic nutrients; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Pedogenesis; Phosphorus; Sustainability; Synchrony; Weathering

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT USE; PEDOGENESIS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 18944368390     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAF200497     Document Type: Review

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