Although the West-African moist savanna zone has a high potential for crop production, yields on farmers' fields are, on average, far below this potential, mainly due to the low use of external sources of nutrients. Since the mid-1990s, it has become clear that in order to upgrade crop production...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Aihou, K.
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Houngnandan, P.
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, N.
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Merckx, R.
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[Nitrogen management in adequate input maizebased agriculture in the derived savanna benchmark zone of Benin Republic]
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Nitrogen management in adequate input maizebased agriculture in the derived savanna benchmark zone of Benin Republic
Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) involving a nitrogen-fixing grain legume, limited chemical fertilizer, and a resilient rice variety may reduce the rate of soil fertility loss and enhance rice productivity in fragile upland rice ecosystems. A 2-year, on-farm study was carried out at Eg...
The severity and increase of the Imperata cylindrica constraint as a weed, the decline of the traditional fallow systems as a means of soil fertility management and the lack of inorganic fertilizer appear to have created opportunities for adoption of mucuna (Mucuna pruriens) technology by smallho...
Sanginga, N.
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Ibewiro, B.
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Houngnandan, P.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Okogun, J.A.
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Akobundu, I.O.
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Versteeg, M.
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[Evaluation of symbiotic properties and nitrogen contribution of mucuna to maize grown in the derived savanna of West Africa]
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Evaluation of symbiotic properties and nitrogen contribution of mucuna to maize grown in the derived savanna of West Africa
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.
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Sanginga, P.
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Woomer, P.L.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Cleemput, O. van
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[Symbiotic nitrogen fixation response of Mucuna as affected by rhizobial inoculation in farmers fields in the derived savanna of Benin]
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation response of Mucuna as affected by rhizobial inoculation in farmers fields in the derived savanna of Benin