Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in south-western Zimbabwe: Unravelling the effects of water and nitrogen using a simulation model

Field Crops Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-184

  Ncube, Bongani ^a,b   Dimes, John P ^b   van Wijk, Mark T ^b   Twomlow, Steve J ^b   Giller, Ken E ^b  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT   (Zimbabwe)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

APSIM; N2 fixation; Nitrogen uptake; Stress factors

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROFILE; SORGHUM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; YIELD RESPONSE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAJANUS CAJAN; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 57149106109     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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