Effects of tillage, organic resources and nitrogen fertiliser on soil carbon dynamics and crop nitrogen uptake in semi-arid West Africa

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-67

  Ouédraogo, Elisée ^a,b,c   Mando, Abdoulaye ^d   Stroosnijder, Leo ^b  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^d International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Crop N uptake; Organic resources; Particulate organic matter; Soil physical fractionation; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN; SOILS;

CROP N UPTAKE; ORGANIC RESOURCES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PHYSICAL FRACTIONATION; TILLAGES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

CARBON; FARM CROPS; FERTILITY; FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL; UPPER VOLTA;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33748928958     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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