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Residual value of 15N-labelled fertilizer applied to a maize-cowpea intercropping system

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We studied the residual effect of 15N-labelled fertilizer N, applied to a maize-cowpea intercropping system, on the succeeding crops of maize/wheat and its balance in the crop sequence, in greenhouse and field experiments. The N uptake by succeeding crops was always higher following sole or intercropped cowpea. Under field conditions with fertilizer N applied to first-crop maize, the residual N uptake by the succeeding crop of wheat was 5.8% and after maize-cowpea intercropping it was 7.8%.

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  1. D. D. Patra

    Present address: Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, R.S.M. Nagar, Post Box No. 1, 226016 (U.P.), Lucknow, India

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  1. Nuclear Research Laboratory, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 110012, New Delhi, India

    D. D. Patra, M. S. Sachdev & B. V. Subbiah

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Patra, D.D., Sachdev, M.S. & Subbiah, B.V. Residual value of 15N-labelled fertilizer applied to a maize-cowpea intercropping system. Biol Fert Soils 8, 183–188 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00257764

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