Quantifying biological nitrogen fixation of agroforestry shrub species using 15N dilution techniques under greenhouse conditions

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 607-617

  Issah, G ^a,c   Kimaro, A A ^b   Kort, J ^c   Knight, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Buffaloberry; Caragana; Nutrient management; Seabuckthorn

Indexed keywords

CARAGANA; CARAGANA ARBORESCENS; HIPPOPHAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; RHAMNACEAE; SHEPHERDIA; SHEPHERDIA ARGENTEA;

EID: 84905589681     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9706-5     Document Type: Article

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