Legume cover cropping effects on early growth and soil nitrogen supply in eucalypt plantations in south-western India

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 375-382

  Mendham, D S ^a   Kumaraswamy, S ^b   Balasundaran, M ^b   Sankaran, K V ^b   Corbeels, M ^c   Grove, T S ^a   O'Connell, A M ^a   Rance, S J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus tereticornis; Legume cover cropping; Legume residues; Litter decomposition; N mineralization

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; DECOMPOSITION; GREEN MANURING; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; PLANTATION; SOIL NITROGEN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PUERARIA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA;

EID: 2142723477     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-004-0719-5     Document Type: Article

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