Soil fertility and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi related to trees growing on smallholder farms in Senegal

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1247-1256

  Bernatchez, F ^a   Jeannotte, R ^a,b   Begg, C B M ^a   Hamel, C ^c   Whalen, J K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Dryland farming systems; Glomalin; Soil organic matter; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DRYLAND FARMING; FUNGUS; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

AFRICA; FIMELA; PALMARIN; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; FUNGI; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 43849083203     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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