Reliable estimates of symbiotically fixed N2 in herbaceous legumes are important in order to determine their role in maintaining or improving N levels in tropical low-external-input farming systems. We have studied the effects of different management systems on the suitability of two non-N2-fixin...
Ibewiro, B.
,
Sanginga, P.
,
Vanlauwe, Bernard
,
Merckx, R.
,
[Evaluation of symbiotic dinitrogen inputs of herbaceous legumes into tropical cover crop systems]
,
Evaluation of symbiotic dinitrogen inputs of herbaceous legumes into tropical cover crop systems
Population pressure in the southern provinces of Benin has forced farmers to shorten or abandon the traditional bush fallow system. As a consequence, severe soil degradation and weed infestation constitute the most serious constraints to agricultural productivity. Mucuna fallow is one of the most...
Leguminous cover crops such as Mucuna pruriens (mucuna) have the potential to contribute to soil N and increase the yields of subsequent or associated cereal crops through symbiotic N fixation. It has often been assumed that mucuna will freely nodulate, fix N2 and therefore contribute to soil N. ...
Houngnandan, P.
,
Sanginga, P.
,
Woomer, P.L.
,
Vanlauwe, Bernard
,
Cleemput, O. van
,
[Symbiotic nitrogen fixation response of Mucuna as affected by rhizobial inoculation in farmers fields in the derived savanna of Benin]
,
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation response of Mucuna as affected by rhizobial inoculation in farmers fields in the derived savanna of Benin