Key unknowns in nitrogen budget for oil palm plantations. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-21

  Pardon, Lénaïc ^a   Bessou, Cécile ^a   Nelson, Paul Netelenbos ^b   Dubos, Bernard ^a   Ollivier, Jean ^a   Marichal, Raphaël ^a,c   Caliman, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Gabrielle, Benoît ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SMART Research Institute   (Indonesia)

^d UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

Author keywords

N budget; N losses; Oil palm; Tropical perennial crop

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COVER CROP; CULTIVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANTATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; TROPICAL REGION;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84959344314     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-016-0353-2     Document Type: Article

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