Effects of shade on nitrogen and phosphorus acquisition in cereal-legume intercropping systems

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-24

  Whitehead, Meighen ^a   Isaac, Marney E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Intercropping; N2 fixation; Ontario; Rhizobox; Shade effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890404712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture2010012     Document Type: Article

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