Water use efficiency of a maize/cowpea intercrop on a highly acidic tropical soil as affected by liming and fertilizer application

Plant and Soil

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-171

  Gaiser, T ^a   De Barros, I ^b   Lange, F M ^a   Williams, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acid soils; cowpea; fertilization; liming; maize; soil water balance models; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; LIMING; MAIZE; TROPICAL SOIL; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8744275284     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000047733.98854.9f     Document Type: Article

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