A litter bag technique was used to study the decomposition and release of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida prunings and cattle manure in a hedgerow intercropping trial conducted in the Ethiopian highlands. Hedgerow inter-cropping (also called alley cropping or alley fa...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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[Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. I. Decomposition and nutrient release]
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Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. I. Decomposition and nutrient release
The N.P.K. Ca and Mg release patterns of the leaves of four accessions of Sesbania species and two accessions of Leucaena species were evaluated in a 5-week laboratory incubation. Leaves of these leguminous trees, applied at an equivalent rate of 3 t dm ha-1, were significant sources of N, K and ...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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[Mineralization of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from sesbania and leucaena leaves varying in chemical composition]
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Mineralization of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from sesbania and leucaena leaves varying in chemical composition
This document starts by describing the five main agroecological zones of sub-Saharan Africa, viz, arid, semi-arid, subhumid, humid, and highland, and summarising population and agricultural production. Then it goes to the main topics that includes inter cropping systems; criteria for evaluating t...
Saka, A.R.
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Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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El-Wakeel, A.
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[Forage legumes in crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa]
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Forage legumes in crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa
The effects of Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida prunings and cattle manure on maize nutrient uptake and yield were investigated in a hedgerow inter-cropping trial in the Ethiopian highlands. Hedgerow inter-cropping (also called alley cropping) is an agroforestry system in which trees are grow...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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Saka, A.R.
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Siaw, D.E.K.A.
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[Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. II. Maize yields and nutrient uptake]
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Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. II. Maize yields and nutrient uptake
Poor drainage of Vertisols and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deficiencies are some if the major constraints to food and feed production in the Ethiopian highlands. The effects of soil drainage and P supply on N fixation by annual trifolium species and their residual value to succeeding crops wa...
Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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[Landform and phosphorus effects on nitrogen fixed by annual clovers and its contribution to succeeding cereals in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Landform and phosphorus effects on nitrogen fixed by annual clovers and its contribution to succeeding cereals in the Ethiopian highlands
Balances between nutrients applied or mineralized and nutrients removed in maize grain and stover were calculated in a hedgerow intercropping experiment in which Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida prunings and cattle manure were applied. Hedgerow intercropping (also called alley cropping) is an...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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[Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. III. Nutrient balances]
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Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. III. Nutrient balances
This manual is a compilation of methods used in studying legume-Rhizobium relationships in the Environmental Sciences Division at ILCA. These methods are similar to those used in other soil microbiology laboratories around the world, but most of them have been adapted to suit equipment available ...