Cattle manure and grass residues as liming materials in a semi-subsistence farming system

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Naramabuye, F X ^a   Haynes, R J ^b   Modi, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lime; Organic amendments; Soil acidity; Strip tillage

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; CATTLE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; GRASS; LIMING; MAIZE; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TILLAGE;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38949133863     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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