Effect of integrated water-nutrient management strategies on soil erosion mediated nutrient loss and crop productivity in cabo verde drylands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Baptista, Isaurinda ^a,b   Ritsema, Coen ^b   Geissen, Violette ^b,c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário INIDA   (Cape Verde)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; HARVEST; MAIZE; MANURE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEONPEA; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; CROP; SOIL;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84941985454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134244     Document Type: Article

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