On a Ferralic-haplic Acrisol (terre de barre non degradee) in Southern Benin Republic, four years after the establishment of the hedgerows, yields of maize and cassava alley cropped with Leucaena leucocephala and Cajanus cajan were no better than those in control plots without hedgerows. Reduced ...
Horst, Walter J.
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Kuehne, R.
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Kang, B.
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[Nutrient use in Leucaena leucocephala and cajanus cajan in maize/cassava alley cropping on Terre de barre, Benin Republic]
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Nutrient use in Leucaena leucocephala and cajanus cajan in maize/cassava alley cropping on Terre de barre, Benin Republic
Palada, M.C.
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Gichuru, M.
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Kang, B.
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[Alley cropping intercropped maize and cassava and sequentially cropped maize and cowpea in southern Nigeria]
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Alley cropping intercropped maize and cassava and sequentially cropped maize and cowpea in southern Nigeria
Result of long time alley cropping trials show that the inclusion of N2- fixing hedgerow species maintain higher levels of soil fertility than control treatment (no hedgerow) on high base status soils in the humid zone. Hedgerows contribute to nutrient cycling and higher faunal activity. With goo...
Kang, B.
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Hauser, S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Sanginga, N.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[Alley farming research on high base status soils]
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Alley farming research on high base status soils
A study was undertaken to assess the effect of different pruning intervals of Leucaena leucocephala hedgerows on alley cropped maize and cassava. Farmers often delay hedgerow pruning in alley cropping systems due to labor, and financial constraints. It is not clear, however, when hedgerow shading...
Welke, S.E.
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Tanyi, E.
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Kang, B.
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[Effect of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de wit pruning frequency on alley cropped maize/cassava]
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Effect of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de wit pruning frequency on alley cropped maize/cassava
Field trials were carried out on a Dystric Nitosol at Calavi in the subhumid zone of southern Benin Republic, West Africa from 1989-1997. A split plot design with four replications was used. There were (our main plots: control (no hedgerow), Leucaena hedgerows, Acacia hedgerows and mixed Leucaena...
Akonde, T.P.
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Leihner, D.E.
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Kang, B.
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[Response of maize and cassava to potassium fertilization and alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia auriculiformis]
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Response of maize and cassava to potassium fertilization and alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia auriculiformis
Below-ground root competition between Leucaena hedgerow and intercropped maize and cowpea was evaluated on an Alfisol in the humid zone of southwestern Nigeria. Four-meter spaced hedgerows were established in 1983, and trials carried out with sequentially cropped maize and cowpea in 1990 and 1991...
Smucker, A.J.
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Ellis, B.G.
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Kang, B.
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[Alley cropping on an Alfisol in the forest savanna transition zone: root, nutrient, and water dynamics]
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Alley cropping on an Alfisol in the forest savanna transition zone: root, nutrient, and water dynamics