Decomposition and nutrient release from intra-specific mixtures of legume plant materials

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 616-625

  Cobo, Juan Guillermo ^a,b,c   Barrios, Edmundo ^a   Delve, Robert ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indigofera constricta; Interactions; Litterbags; Mucuna pruriens; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LEGUME; LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SOIL FERTILITY;

INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA CONSTRICTA; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS;

EID: 38949106520     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701828411     Document Type: Article

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