The potential of planted leguminous cover crop fallow as an alternative to the natural regrowth fallow for sustaining the productivity of low activity clay (LAC) soils in the tropics as the fallow period shortens was tested at Ibadan in the forest-savanna zone of southwestern Nigeria. The study, ...
Tian, G.
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Kolawole, G.O.
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Salako, F.K.
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Kang, B.
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[An improved cover cropfallow system for sustainable management of low activity clay soils of the tropics]
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An improved cover cropfallow system for sustainable management of low activity clay soils of the tropics
The benefit of planted fallow with legume cover crops may be limited on P deficient soil. A trial was conducted at two P deficient sites in northern Nigeria to test the hypothesis that application of P to legume cover crop fallow can substitute for N application to subsequent maize. Mainplots con...
Carsky, R.J.
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Oyewole, B.
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Tian, G.
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[Effect of phosphorus application in legume cover crop rotation on subsequent maize in the savanna zone of West Africa]
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Effect of phosphorus application in legume cover crop rotation on subsequent maize in the savanna zone of West Africa
To rehabilitate a degraded Alfisol at Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria, Senna siamea (non-N-fixing legume tree), Leucaena leucocephala, and Acacia leptocarpa (N-fixing legume trees) were planted in 1989, and Acacia auriculiformis (N-fixing legume tree) in 1990. Pueraria phaseoloides (a cover crop) an...
Salako, F.K.
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Tian, G.
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[Litter and biomass production from planted and natural fallows on a degraded soil in southwestern Nigeria]
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Litter and biomass production from planted and natural fallows on a degraded soil in southwestern Nigeria
Integrated soil management with leguminous cover crops was studied at two sites in the northern Guinea savanna zone of northern Nigeria, Kaduna (190 day growing season) and Bauchi (150 days). One-year planted fallows of mucuna, lablab, and crotalaria were compared with natural grass fallow and co...
Carsky, R.J.
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Oyewole, B.
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Tian, G.
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[Integrated soil management for the dry savanna zone of West Africa: legume rotation and fertilizer N]
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Integrated soil management for the dry savanna zone of West Africa: legume rotation and fertilizer N