Dry season groundnut stover management practices determine nitrogen cycling efficiency and subsequent maize yields

Plant and Soil

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 183-199

  Promsakha Na Sakonnakhon, S ^a   Toomsan, B ^a   Cadisch, G ^b,c   Baggs, E M ^b,d   Vityakon, P ^a   Limpinuntana, V ^a   Jogloy, S ^a   Patanothai, A ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N losses; Decomposition; Incorporation; Litter bag; Microbial biomass; Mineral N; Surface application

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; MAIZE; SOIL FERTILITY; YIELD;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 21144432026     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-4780-5     Document Type: Article

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