Differences in root distribution, nutrient acquisition and nutrient utilization by tropical forage species grown in degraded hillside soil conditions¹

Low nutrient availability, especially phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) supply is the major limitation to forage production in acid infertile soils of the tropics. A field study was conducted at the farm ‘La Esperanza’ located in Mondomo, Department of Cauca, in the coffee growing zone of Colombia. Th...

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Main Authors: Arnulfo Gómez-Carabalí, Rao Idupulapati Madhusudana, Jaumer Ricaute
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2010-04-01
Series:Acta Agronómica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-28122010000200009&lng=en&tlng=en