Trade-offs between the short- and long-term effects of residue quality on soil C and N dynamics

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-169

  Gentile, Roberta ^a,c   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^b   Chivenge, Pauline ^c   Six, Johan ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b TSBF CIAT   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize; N fertilizer; Residue quality; Soil organic carbon; Tithonia; Yield interactive effects

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NITOSOL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRADE-OFF;

KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650306978     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0360-z     Document Type: Article

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