Dry season transplanted sorghum is grown on Vertisols in the Lake Chad Basin at approximately 10,000 plants ha-1. Increasing plant density was hypothesised to be one way of increasing yields in this cropping system. To test this hypothesis, a trial was conducted in four environments near Maroua i...
La densité de plantation pour des sorghos repiqués en saison sèche sur les Vertisols dans le basin du lac Tchad environne 10000 plantes ha-1. L'augmentation de la densité semble être un moyen d'augmenter son rendement dans ce systeme agricole. Pour tester cette hypothèse, un essai comportant cinq...
Carsky, R.
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Ndikawa, R.
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Singh, L.
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[Establishment of optimum plant densities for dry season sorghum grown on Vertisols in the semiarid zones of Cameroon]
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Establishment of optimum plant densities for dry season sorghum grown on Vertisols in the semiarid zones of Cameroon
The northern Guinea savanna is generally known to be suitable for the production of annual crops of short-to-medium duration but is threatened with soil degradation because of inadequate organic inputs. Trees can be one important source of organic supplement to crop fields. Farmers' preferences f...
Oyewole, B.
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Carsky, R.
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[Multiple purpose tree use by farmers using indigenous knowledge in subhumid and semiarid northern Nigeria]
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Multiple purpose tree use by farmers using indigenous knowledge in subhumid and semiarid northern Nigeria
Farmer-managed tests of Striga hermonthica-resistant maize varieties were conducted in 1994 in a moderately intensified zone in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Field history, soil properties, current season fertility management, and crop management observations were recorded for 37 farmer...
Carsky, R.
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Nokoe, S.
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Lagoke, S.T.O.
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Kim, S.
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[Maize yield determinants in farmer-managed trials in the Nigerian northern Guinea savanna]
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Maize yield determinants in farmer-managed trials in the Nigerian northern Guinea savanna
Two varieties of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and a maize (Zea mays L.) control crop were grown in replicated trials at 10 sites in the Guinea savana of Nigeria in 1993 followed by a test crop of maize in 1994 with 20 or 60 kg N ha-1 to test effect of soybean on subsequent maize grain yield. ...
Deux varietes de soya (Glycine max (L) Merr.) et une varietede mas (Zea mays L.) en temps que temoin ont ete cultivees en essais repliques sur 10 sites dans la savane Guineenne du Nigeria en 1993. Ces cultures ont ete suivies d'une culture-test de mais en 1994 avec 20 ou 60 kg N ha-1. L'augmentat...
Carsky, R.
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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Sanginga, N.
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[Effect of soybean on subsequent maize grain yield in the Guinea savanna zone of West Africa]
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Effect of soybean on subsequent maize grain yield in the Guinea savanna zone of West Africa
The contribution of root and leaf litter to soil nitrogen dynamics, nitrogen uptake and balance was evaluated under cereal–legume rotations in a tropical moist savanna soil. Two legumes, soyabean (Glycine max) and stylo (Stylosanthes hamata), and maize (Zea mays) as a control were grown in four f...
Oikeh, S.
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Chude, V.
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Carsky, R.
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Weber, G.
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Horst, W.
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[Legume rotation in the moist tropical savanna: managing soil nitrogen dynamics and cereal yields in farmers' fields]
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Legume rotation in the moist tropical savanna: managing soil nitrogen dynamics and cereal yields in farmers' fields
Striga hermonthica, an obligate root parasite of grasses, is one of the most severe constraints to cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa. In the recent past, prior to increased production pressure on land, S. hermonthica was controlled in African farming systems by prolonged crop rotations with...
Berner, D.A.
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Carsky, R.
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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Kling, J.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[A land management based approach to integrated Striga hermonthica control in subSaharan Africa]
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A land management based approach to integrated Striga hermonthica control in subSaharan Africa
Good growth of Grain Legumes helps food security and protection of the environment but this may require nutrient inputs. A participatory technology development activity explored from 1998 to 2000 the responses of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) to inorganic soil a...
Carsky, R.
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[Response of cowpea and soybean to P and K on terre de barre soils in southern Benin]
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Response of cowpea and soybean to P and K on terre de barre soils in southern Benin