An on-farm trial, in which a wheat-clover mixed cropping treatment was compared with un-fertilised (control) and N-fertilised (23 kg N ha (-1)) pure wheat treatments, was conducted at Ginchi (2200 metres above sea level (m asl)) and Deneba (2600 m asl) in the Ethiopian highlands. Compared with th...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Tedla, A.
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Regassa, H.
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[On-farm integration of forage legumes into cereal cropping systems in the Ethiopian highlands]
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On-farm integration of forage legumes into cereal cropping systems in the Ethiopian highlands
Tedla, A.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Regassa, H.
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[On-farm forage/food crops sequential system and its residual effects on subsequent wheat cultivation]
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On-farm forage/food crops sequential system and its residual effects on subsequent wheat cultivation
Phosphorus (P) is required to improve soil fertility for food and feed produciton in sub-Saharan Africa, but the high cost of conventional, water-soluble P fertilizers limits their use by resource-poor farmers. Rockphosphates are a low-cost alternative. The effectiveness, in terms of seed product...
Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Ssali, H.
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[Agronomic evaluation of unacidulated and partially acidulated Chilembwe rockphosphates for clover seed production]
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Agronomic evaluation of unacidulated and partially acidulated Chilembwe rockphosphates for clover seed production
A litter bag technique was used to study the decomposition and release of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida prunings and cattle manure in a hedgerow intercropping trial conducted in the Ethiopian highlands. Hedgerow inter-cropping (also called alley cropping or alley fa...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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[Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. I. Decomposition and nutrient release]
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Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. I. Decomposition and nutrient release
Alfisols, Vertisols, Inceptisols, Aridisols, Mollisols, and Entisols were sampled (0-30 cm) from 32 locations across Ethiopia. The soils were analyzed for copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and iron (Fe) contents using 0.005 M diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), 0.05 M hydrochloric ...
Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Tadesse, T.
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[Soil micronutrient contents and relation to other soil properties in Ethiopia]
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Soil micronutrient contents and relation to other soil properties in Ethiopia
The N.P.K. Ca and Mg release patterns of the leaves of four accessions of Sesbania species and two accessions of Leucaena species were evaluated in a 5-week laboratory incubation. Leaves of these leguminous trees, applied at an equivalent rate of 3 t dm ha-1, were significant sources of N, K and ...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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[Mineralization of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from sesbania and leucaena leaves varying in chemical composition]
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Mineralization of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from sesbania and leucaena leaves varying in chemical composition
Grain legumes occupy about 20 million hectares in Africa. The major crops are cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.), which is grown on about 11 million hectares mostly in West Africa, and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), grown on about 5 million hectares mostly in eastern and southern Africa. These g...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Kennedy, AC
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Chirwa, Rowland
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[Grain legume impacts on soil biological processes in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Grain legume impacts on soil biological processes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Field experiments were conducted to study the effects of inoculation and application of P on the productivity of Desmodium intortum on an Ultisol and Sesbania sesban on a Vertisol, Alfisol and Ultisol in the Ethiopian highlands. On the Vetisol, the effect of drainage by using broad-bed-and-furrow...
Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Luyindula, N.
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[Inoculation and phosphorus effects on Desmodium intortum and Sesbania sesban in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Inoculation and phosphorus effects on Desmodium intortum and Sesbania sesban in the Ethiopian highlands
Phosphorus deficiency is the major soil fertility problem limiting forage production in many parts of Africa. The objective of this study was to screen African Trifolium species for dry matter production, nutrient use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential at different rates of applied Twenty...
Mugwira, L.M.
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Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Luyindula, N.
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[Evaluation of phosphorus uptake and use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential by African clovers]
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Evaluation of phosphorus uptake and use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential by African clovers
Soil fertility is declining in most agro-ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa, and incorporation of forage legumes into production systems to utilize the nitrogen fixed by the legumes could alleviate the problem, if efficient nitrogen-fixing legumes are used. The amounts of nitrogen fixed by Lablab, ...
Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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[Nitrogen fixation by annual forage legumes and its contribution to succeeding wheat in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Nitrogen fixation by annual forage legumes and its contribution to succeeding wheat in the Ethiopian highlands