Sunnhemp and millet as green manure for tropical maize production

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-459

  Perin, Adriano ^a   Santos, Ricardo Henrique Silva ^a   Urquiaga, Segundo Sacramento ^b   Cecon, Paulo Roberto ^a   Guerra, José Guilherme Marinho ^b   De Freitas, Gilberto Bernardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Decomposition rate; Intercropping; N recovery

Indexed keywords

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749379284     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-90162006000500006     Document Type: Article

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