Effect of cotton-cowpea intercropping on C and N mineralisation patterns of residue mixtures and soil

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-197

  Rusinamhodzi, L ^a   Murwira, H K ^a   Nyamangara, J ^b  

^a TSBF CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen mineralisation; Cotton cowpea intercropping; Crop residue mixtures

Indexed keywords

BROWN SOIL; C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); CROP RESIDUE; CROP RESIDUE MIXTURES; FIELD CAPACITY; FIELD STUDIES; IMMOBILISATION; INCUBATION PERIODS; LONG TERM; MINERALISATION; MOISTURE CONTENTS; N MINERALISATION; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCIES; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CROPS; FORESTRY; MINERALOGY; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); RATE CONSTANTS; SOILS;

COTTON;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CAMBISOL; COTTON; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; FIELD CAPACITY; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MINERALIZATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 79952816571     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR07115     Document Type: Article

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