Strategic phosphorus application in legume-cereal rotations increases land productivity and profitability in western Kenya

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-52

  Kihara, J ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^b   Waswa, B ^b   Kimetu, J M ^c   Chianu, J ^b   Bationo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^c Cornell University 1022 Bradfield Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; MUCUNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949716093     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479709990810     Document Type: Article

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