Electro-ultrafiltration (EUF) technique in relation to conventional methods of soil testing for the determination of available P, Ca, Mg and NO 3-N in some tropical soils

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-381

  Akinrinde, Ezekiel A ^a   Obigbesan, Gabriel O ^a   Gaiser, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Available nutrients; Conventional soil test methods; Electro ultrafiltration (EUF) technique; EUF nutrient data ranking

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 33750220658     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.375.381     Document Type: Article

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