Maize growth and soil nitrogen availability after fertilization with cattle manure and/or gliricidia in semi-arid NE Brazil

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-73

  Mundus, S ^a   Menezes, R S C ^b   Neergaard, A ^a   Garrido, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apparent N recovery; Green manure; Nitrogen cycling; Organic fertilization; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEACHING; LEGUME; MAIZE; MANURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NITROGEN;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48349148140     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-008-9169-z     Document Type: Article

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