Biological nitrogen fixation and nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in farmer-managed intercrops of maize-pigeonpea in semi-arid southern and eastern Africa

Plant and Soil

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Adu Gyamfi, Joseph J ^a   Myaka, Fidelis A ^b   Sakala, Webster D ^c   Odgaard, Rie ^d   Vesterager, Jens M ^e   Høgh Jensen, Henning ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Ilonga Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^c CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BNF; Intercrops; Maize pigeonpea; N and P budgets; N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; BABATI; EAST AFRICA; GAIRO; MALAWI; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; NTONDA; NYAMBI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CAJANUS CAJAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250664663     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9270-0     Document Type: Article

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