Manipulating legume/cereal mixtures to optimize the above and below ground interactions in the traditional African cropping systems

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2526-2533

  Ndakidemi, Patrick A ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Microbial biomass; N2 fixation; pH changes; Phosphatase activities

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOMASS; CEREAL; CROPPING SYSTEM; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 33846277212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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