Performance of sorghum grown on a salt affected soil manured with Dhaincha plant residues using a 15N isotopic dilution technique

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1605-1621

  Kurdali, F ^a   Al Ain, F ^a   Al Shammaa, M ^a   Razzouk, A K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

15N; Green manure; Sesbania aculeata; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

SESBANIA; SESBANIA BISPINOSA; SESBANIA CANNABINA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 35648935061     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160701615491     Document Type: Article

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