Biological and chemical components of soil fertility were quantified under three different fallow types and related to soil quality of an Ultisol in southern Cameroon at the end of a 9-month fallow. Soil organic matter (SOM), soil exchangeable Ca2+, Mg2+ and K+ and available P concentrations, eff...
Effects of fallow type, sucker sanitation (hot-water treatment, HWT) and fertilizer
application on yield, root and corm health of two plantain cultivars were investigated.
Most yield parameters were strongest affected by fallow type with more producing
plants, higher bunch mass and yield after fo...
Hauser, S.
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Mekoa, C.
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Jacobsen, K.S.
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[Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow]
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Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow
Soil moisture depletion during dry seasons by planted hedgerows to lower levels than under natural fallow, would reduce drainage and nutrient losses in the following rainy season when food crops are grown. The volumetric water content of the 0–150 cm soil profile was measured under planted hedger...
Hauser, S.
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Norgrove, L.
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Duguma, B.
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Asaah, E.
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[Soil water regime under rotational fallow and alternating hedgerows on an Ultisol in southern Cameroon]
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Soil water regime under rotational fallow and alternating hedgerows on an Ultisol in southern Cameroon
Topsoil (0–15 cm) bulk density, aggregate stability, soil dispersibility, water retention and infiltration were measured between 1989 and 1996 on an Alfisol under rehabilitation in southwestern Nigeria. The planted leguminous species were Pueraria phaseoloides, Senna siamea, Leucaena leucocephala...
Salako, F.
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Hauser, S.
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Babalola, O.
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Tian, G.
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[Improvement of the physical fertility of a degraded Alfisol with planted and natural fallows under humid tropical conditions]
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Improvement of the physical fertility of a degraded Alfisol with planted and natural fallows under humid tropical conditions
Norgrove, L.
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Hauser, S.
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[Biophysical criteria used by farmers for fallow selection in West and Central Africa]
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Biophysical criteria used by farmers for fallow selection in West and Central Africa
Shortened fallow periods lead to a decline in crop yields in traditional mixed-food crop fields in southern Cameroon. Farmers use no inputs such as fertilizers for crop production in these field types. Planted fallows with adapted tree species might sustain or increase crop production under those...
Nolte, C.
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Tiki-Manga, T.
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Badjel-Badjel, S.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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[Groundnut, maize and cassava yields in mixedfood crop fields after calliandra tree fallow in southern Cameroon]
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Groundnut, maize and cassava yields in mixedfood crop fields after calliandra tree fallow in southern Cameroon
We report on an attempt to distinguish cropped from fallowed land and young from old fallow by the rate of decomposition of a standard material, to contribute towards the development of simple, yet reliable indicators of soil quality and agricultural sustainability on tropical soils. In three sou...
Hauser, S.
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Gang, E.
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Norgrove, L.
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Birang, M.
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[Decomposition of plant material as an indicator of ecosystem disturbance in tropical land use systems]
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Decomposition of plant material as an indicator of ecosystem disturbance in tropical land use systems