Nitrogen cycling in gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) alley cropping in humid tropics

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Pandey, C B ^a   Rai, R B ^a  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Biomass accumulation; Decomposition; Gliricidia; Grain yield; Mineralization; N uptake

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; HUMID TROPICS; LEGUME; MAIZE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL NITROGEN;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38549134333     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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