The effect of alley cropping with seven combinations of Acioa and Leucaena hedgerows and a control (no hedgerow) treatment on sequentially cropped maize and cowpea was studied in 1985 and 1986. The trial was carried out on an Alfisol in the humid zone of southwestern Nigeria. Hedgerows were estab...
Measurements of incident solar radiation were made in sequentially cropped maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) planted between hedgerows of shrubs in an alley cropping pattern. The incident solar-radiation profile was examined and its effect on crop yield determined. The s...
Lawson, T.L.
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Kang, B.T.
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[Yield of maize and cowpea in an alley cropping system in relation to available light]
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Yield of maize and cowpea in an alley cropping system in relation to available light
The effects of tropical earthworms (Eudrilus eugeniae) and millipedes (Spirostreptidae) on the breakdown of plant residues [Acioa (presently, Dactyladenia) barteri, Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala prunings, maize (Zea mays) stover and rice (Oryza sativa) straw], with contrating chemic...
Tian, G.
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Brussaard, Lijbert
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Kang, B.T.
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[Breakdown of plant residues with contrasting chemical compositions under humid tropical conditions: effects of earthworms and millipedes]
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Breakdown of plant residues with contrasting chemical compositions under humid tropical conditions: effects of earthworms and millipedes
There is increasing interest to improve the N2 fixation and P use efficiency of herbaceous and shrub legumes currently being introduced in cereal-based cropping systems in the moist savanna zones of West Africa. Knowledge about N and P nutrition of these legumes can assist in adapting them to new...
Sanginga, N.
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Okogun, J.A.
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Akobundu, I.O.
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Kang, B.T.
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[Phosphorus requirement and nodulation of herbaceous and shrub legumes in low P soils of a Guinean Savanna in Nigeria]
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Phosphorus requirement and nodulation of herbaceous and shrub legumes in low P soils of a Guinean Savanna in Nigeria
Field experiments were conducted with IITA maize (Zea mays L.) composite B at six locations ranging from forest to savannah in the Western State of Nigeria to assess the level of zinc response on sandy Inceptisols. Zinc, as Na2 Zn EDTA, was applied as broadcast application at 0, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, an...
Osiname, O.
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Kang, B.T.
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Schulte, E.E.
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Corey, R.B.
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[Zinc response of maize (Zea mays L.) grown on sandy inceptisols in Western Nigeria]
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Zinc response of maize (Zea mays L.) grown on sandy inceptisols in Western Nigeria
A longterm alley cropping trial was undertaken on an eroded Oxic paleustalf in the forest-savanna transition zone of southwestern Nigeria from 1981–1993. Two nitrogen fixing hedgerow species (Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala) and two non legume hedgerow species (Alchornea cordifolia an...
Kang, B.T.
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Caveness, F.E.
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Tian, G.
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Kolawole, G.O.
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[Longterm alley cropping with four hedgerow species on an Alfisol in southwestern Nigeria effect on crop performance, soil chemical properties and nematode population]
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Longterm alley cropping with four hedgerow species on an Alfisol in southwestern Nigeria effect on crop performance, soil chemical properties and nematode population
The restorative ability of herbaceous (Psophocarpus palustris, Pueraria phaseoloides) and woody (Leucaena leucocephala, Senna siamea, Acacia leptocarpa, Acacia auriculiformis) legume species and of natural regrowth was studied on an eroded and compacted Oxic Paleustalf in southwestern Nigeria. Co...
Kang, B.T.
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Salako, F.K.
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Akobundu, I.O.
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Pleysier, J.L.
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Chianu, J.N.
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[Amelioration of a degraded Oxic Paleustalf by leguminous and natural fallows]
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Amelioration of a degraded Oxic Paleustalf by leguminous and natural fallows
A screenhouse experiment was conducted to assess the effects of seed size and phosphorus (P) fertilization on growth of 12 herbaceous and shrub legumes [Arachis hypogaea, Cajanus cajan, Centrosema pascuorum, Centrosema brasilianum, Crotolaria ochroleuca, Glycine max, Lablab purpureus, Mucuna coch...
Kolawole, G.O.
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Kang, B.T.
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[Effect of seed size and phosphorus fertilization on growth of selected legumes]
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Effect of seed size and phosphorus fertilization on growth of selected legumes
Phosphorus plays an important role for food crop production in the forest zone of tropical Africa but very little information is available on the phosphate requirement for maize production there. Field trials were, therefore, conducted with maize (Zea mays L.) at two locations on Alfisols in sout...
Kang, B.T.
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Osiname, O. A.
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[Phosphorus response of maize grown on alfisols of southern Nigeria]
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Phosphorus response of maize grown on alfisols of southern Nigeria
Legume cover crops are a potential means for overcoming N depletion in the derived savanna of West Africa. A 3-year trial was, therefore, conducted near Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria to measure the N contribution of 13 legume cover crops as compared to urea –N, using a N fertilizer replacement ind...
Tian, G.
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Kolawole, G.O.
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Kang, B.T.
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Kirchhof, G.
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[Nitrogen fertilizer replacement indexes of legume cover crops in the derived savanna of West Africa]
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Nitrogen fertilizer replacement indexes of legume cover crops in the derived savanna of West Africa