Chemical characteristics of phosphorus in some representative benchmark soils of Zambia

Geoderma

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 63-68

  Yerokun, Olusegun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Phosphorus; Soil order; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CULTIVATION; PHOSPHORUS;

ALFISOLS; FRACTIONATION; SOIL ORDER; ULTISOLS; ZAMBIA;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALFISOL; CROP PRODUCTION; FRACTIONATION; INCEPTISOL; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXISOL; PEDOGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; ULTISOL; WEATHERING RATE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 51449104524     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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