Maize productivity and nutrient dynamics in maize-fallow rotations in western Kenya

Plant and Soil

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 195-208

  Bunemann E K ^a   Smithson, P C ^b,c   Jama, B ^b   Frossard, E ^a   Oberson, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalaria; Fallows; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic matter; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA GRAHAMIANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4544312397     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000047749.43017.fd     Document Type: Article

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