Nutrients leaching from green leaves of three potential agroforestry tree species

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 389-395

  Limon, Sharif Hasan ^a   Hossain, Mahmood ^a   Spiecker, Heinrich ^b  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bangladesh; Green leaf; Leaching; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERB; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHATE; LEACHING; LEAF; NUTRIENT;

BANGLADESH;

MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 84982242372     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-016-9996-x     Document Type: Article

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