Above-ground biomass, nutrients, and persistence of an early and a late maturing Mucuna variety in the Forest-Savannah Transitional Zone of Ghana

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 59-77

  Anthofer, Jürgen ^a,c   Kroschel, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cover crop; Fallow; Ground cover; N2 fixation; Nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; BIOMASS; NUTRIENT; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; MUCUNA PRURIENS VAR. UTILIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23044438437     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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