Availability and contributions of soil phosphorus to forage production of seeded alfalfa in semiarid Loess Plateau

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Yu, Jia ^a   Bingcheng, Xu ^a,b   Fengmin, Li ^a   Xiaoling, Wang ^a,c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

alfalfa; available phosphorus; rainwater harvesting technology; semiarid Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33847072996     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(07)60009-2     Document Type: Article

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