Detection of nitrogen transfer from N2-fixing shade trees to cacao saplings in 15N labelled soil: Ecological and experimental considerations

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-239

  Kurppa, Miika ^a   Leblanc, Humberto A ^b   Nygren, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Competition; Gliricidia sepium; Inga edulis; Root barrier; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SAPLING; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARBUSCULAR; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; INGA; INGA EDULIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84755161764     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9327-6     Document Type: Article

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