Nutrient use efficiencies and crop responses to N, P and manure applications in Zimbabwean soils: Exploring management strategies across soil fertility gradients

Field Crops Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 348-368

  Tittonell, P ^a,b   Zingore, S ^a   van Wijk, M T ^a   Corbeels, M ^c   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture TSBF CIAT   (Kenya)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

FARMSIM; FIELD; Maize; Resource use efficiency; Rotations; Soyabean; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MANURES;

RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL FERTILITY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SOILS;

CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CORN; MANURE; SOIL; SOY BEANS;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751421586     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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