Soil fertility management effects on maize productivity and grain zinc content in smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 57-69

  Manzeke, Grace M ^a   Mapfumo, Paul ^a,b   Mtambanengwe, Florence ^a   Chikowo, Regis ^a   Tendayi, Takesure ^a   Cakmak, Ismail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Soil Fertility Consortium for Southern Africa SOFECSA   (Zimbabwe)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crop nutrition; Mineral bioavailability; Phytic to Zinc molar ratio; Soil fertility management; Zinc uptake

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; EDTA; FARMING SYSTEM; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SURVEY; WOODLAND; ZINC;

ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869507067     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1332-2     Document Type: Article

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