Leaf and root litter of a legume tree as nitrogen sources for cacaos with different root colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizae

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-65

  Kähkölä, Anna Kaisa ^a   Nygren, Pekka ^a,b   Leblanc, Humberto A ^c   Pennanen, Taina ^d   Pietikäinen, Janna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Finnish Society of Forest Science   (Finland)

^c EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

15N labelling; Agroforestry; Inga edulis; Litter quality; Mycorrhizal inoculation; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CULTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FATTY ACID; FUNGICIDE; INOCULATION; LEAF LITTER; LEGUME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHOLIPID; ROOT COLONIZATION; SHADING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL REGION;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INGA EDULIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 83555176081     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9471-z     Document Type: Article

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