Canavalia brasiliensis (canavalia), a drought tolerant legume, was introduced into the smallholder traditional crop-livestock production system of the Nicaraguan hillsides as green manure to improve soil fertility or as forage during the dry season for improving milk production. Since nitrogen (N...
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Humbert, FL
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Bernasconi, S
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Schmidt, A
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Nitrogen balances in farmers fields under alternative uses of a cover crop legume: a case study from Nicaragua]
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Nitrogen balances in farmers fields under alternative uses of a cover crop legume: a case study from Nicaragua
Epper, Carole A.
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Burra, Dharani Dhar
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Phengsavanh, Phonepaseuth
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Ritzema, Randall S.
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Syfongxay, Saysompheng
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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Six, Johan
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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[Nutrient flows and intensification options for smallholder farmers of the Lao uplands]
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Nutrient flows and intensification options for smallholder farmers of the Lao uplands
Nesper, Maike
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Bünemann, Else K.
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Fonte, Steven J.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Velásquez, Jaime E.
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Ramírez, Bertha
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Hegglin, Django
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Pasture degradation decreases organic P content of tropical soils due to soil structural decline]
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Pasture degradation decreases organic P content of tropical soils due to soil structural decline
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Peters, Michael
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Schmidt, A
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Martens, S
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Polanía Perdomo, José A.
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Binder, Claudia R.
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Scholl, R
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Quintero, M.
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Kreuzer, M.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Farm-scale tradeoffs between legume use as forage versus green manure: the case of Canavalia Brasiliensis]
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Farm-scale tradeoffs between legume use as forage versus green manure: the case of Canavalia Brasiliensis
Bunemann, E.K.
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Smithson, P.C.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Microbial community composition and substrate use in a highly weathered soil as affected by crop rotation and P fertilization]
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Microbial community composition and substrate use in a highly weathered soil as affected by crop rotation and P fertilization
The integration of multipurpose legumes into low-input tropical agricultural systems is needed because they are a nitrogen (N) input through symbiotic fixation. The drought-tolerant cover legume canavalia (Canavalia brasiliensis) has been introduced for use either as forage or as a green manure i...
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Bernasconi, S
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Schmidt, A
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Nitrogen recoveries from organic amendments in crop and soil assessed by isotope techniques under tropical field conditions]
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Nitrogen recoveries from organic amendments in crop and soil assessed by isotope techniques under tropical field conditions
It is generally assumed that phosphorus (P) availability for plant growth on highly weathered and P-deficient tropical soils may depend more on biologically mediated organic P (Po) turnover processes than on the release of adsorbed inorganic P (Pi). However, experimental evidence showing the link...
Oberson, Astrid
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Friesen, Dennis K.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Buhler, S
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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[Phosphorus transformations in an oxisol under contrasting land-use systems: The role of the soil microbial biomass]
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Phosphorus transformations in an oxisol under contrasting land-use systems: The role of the soil microbial biomass
Chemical sequential extraction is widely used to divide soil phosphorus (P) into different inorganic (Pi) and organic (Po) fractions, but the assignment of these fractions to pools of differing plant availability, especially for low P tropical soils, is still matter of discussion. To improve this...
Buehler, S.
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Oberson, Astrid
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Friesen, Dennis K.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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[Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems]
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Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems
Multipurpose legumes provide a wide range of benefits to smallholder production systems in the tropics. The degree of system improvement after legume introduction depends largely on legume biomass production, which in turn depends on the legumes’ adaptation to environmental conditions. For Canava...
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Uehlinger, N.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Schmidt, A
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Identifying factors limiting legume biomass production in a heterogeneous on-farm environment]
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Identifying factors limiting legume biomass production in a heterogeneous on-farm environment