Potential nutrient supply, nutrient utilization efficiencies, fertilizer recovery rates and maize yield in northern Nigeria

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Tabi, Fritz Oben ^a   Diels, Jan ^b   Ogunkunle, Ayo O ^c   Iwuafor, Emmanuel N O ^d   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^e   Sanginga, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Maize; Nitrogen; Northern Guinea Savanna; Nutrient utilization efficiency; Phosphorus; QUEFTS

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; MAIZE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRITION; SAVANNA; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; GUINEA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38649125915     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9129-z     Document Type: Article

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