Nitrogen rhizodeposition of legumes. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Fustec, Joëlle ^a   Lesuffleur, Fabien ^b   Mahieu, Stéphanie ^a   Cliquet, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Icophysiologie Vegetale et Agroecologie Icole Superieure d'Agriculture   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

15N; Ecological fertilisation; Isotopic methods; Legumes; N rhizodeposition; N2 fixation; Root exudates

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; EXUDATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FOSSIL FUEL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 77951892822     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009003     Document Type: Review

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