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Altering Nitrogen Sources Affects Growth Carbon Costs in Vachellia nilotica Growing in Nutrient-Deficient Grassland Soils

Nonkululeko Sithole,
Zivanai Tsvuura,
Kevin Kirkman and
Anathi Magadlela

Plants2021, 10(9), 1762;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091762

25 August 2021

Vachellianilotica (L.) Willd. Ex Del. is a multipurpose leguminous tree that is common in grassland and savanna ecosystems in southern and eastern Africa. These ecosystem soils are reported to be acidic and nutrient-limited, specifically with regards...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Responses of Plants to Environmental Stresses Volume II)

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Nitrogen Source Preference and Growth Carbon Costs of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit Saplings in South African Grassland Soils

Nonkululeko Sithole,
Zivanai Tsvuura,
Kevin Kirkman and
Anathi Magadlela

Plants2021, 10(11), 2242;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112242

21 October 2021

Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) is native to Central America and has invaded many climatic regions of the tropics. In South Africa, the species is categorized as an emerging or incipient weed used as fodder, timber, firewood and in erosion control o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alien Flora—Adaptation to Novel Ecosystems and Traits for Success)

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