Effect of organic fertilizers on nitrate accumulation in vegetables and mineral nitrogen in tropical soils of Morogoro, Tanzania

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-126

  Baitilwake, Marcelina A ^a,b   De Bolle, Sara ^b   Salomez, Joost ^b   Mrema, Jerome P ^a   De Neve, Stefaan ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; BOS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 83555174893     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479711000810     Document Type: Article

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