Identifying resource competition in maize-based soil conservation systems using 13C and 15N isotopic discrimination

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 688-707

  Tuan, Vu Dinh ^a,b   Hilger, Thomas ^a   Cadisch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Institute of Agricultural Genetic   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Competition; Cover crops; Grass barriers; Relay cropping; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939444819     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2015.1074185     Document Type: Article

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