Organic and mineral input management to enhance crop productivity in central Kenya

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1266-1275

  Chivenge, P ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^b   Gentile, R ^a   Wangechi, H ^b   Mugendi, D ^c   van Kessel, C ^a   Six, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ICRAF Campus ^*  (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; FARMYARD MANURE; GRAIN YIELD; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RATE; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LOW QUALITIES; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY; MAIZE YIELD; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; N FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC RESOURCES; SANDY SOILS; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MANURES; MINERALS; OPERATING ROOMS; PRODUCTIVITY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; HELIANTHUS; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; TITHONIA ROTUNDIFOLIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349451632     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0188x     Document Type: Article

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