Nitrogen balances in farmers fields under alternative uses of a cover crop legume: a case study from Nicaragua
Canavalia brasiliensis (canavalia), a drought tolerant legume, was introduced into the smallholder traditional crop-livestock production system of the Nicaraguan hillsides as green manure to improve soil fertility or as forage during the dry season for improving milk production. Since nitrogen (N) i...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer
2010
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43890 |
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