Effects of tillage and crop residue application on Soybean nitrogen fixation in a tropical ferralsol

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-37

  Kihara, Job ^a,b   Martius, Christopher ^b   Bationo, Andre ^c   Vlek, Paul L G ^b  

^a Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF) Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)   (Ghana)

Author keywords

15N dilution; NDFA; Intercropping; Litter fall; N balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987729625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture1010022     Document Type: Article

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