Decomposition, nitrogen and carbon mineralization from food and cover crop residues in the central plateau of Haiti

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lynch, M J ^a   Mulvaney, M J ^b   Hodges, S C ^a   Thompson, T L ^a   Thomason, W E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Cover crop; Haiti; No tillage; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983037053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2651-1     Document Type: Article

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