Simple models and concepts as tools for the study of sustained soil productivity in long-term experiments. I. New soil organic matter and residual effect of P from fertilizers and farmyard manure in Kabete, Kenya

Plant and Soil

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Janssen, Bert H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'Young' soil organic matter; Agronomic nutrient use efficiency; Kikuyu red clay; Physiological nutrient use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; MANURE; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RED SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [KENYA]; KABETE; KENYA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78651451407     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0587-8     Document Type: Article

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