Organic resources and earthworms affect phosphorus availability to sorghum after phosphate rock addition in semi-arid West Africa

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 458-465

  Ouédraogo, Elisée ^a   Brussaard, Lijbert ^b   Mando, Abdoulaye ^c   Stroosnijder, Leo ^b  

^a Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer Burkina Faso (CEAS BF)   (Burkina Faso)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development IFDC   (Togo)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Organic resource; Phosphate rock; Phosphorus; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EARTHWORKS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE ROCK; PHOSPHORUS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ARIDA; MILLSONIA; OVIS ARIES; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23844447268     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0840-0     Document Type: Article

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