Scanty information on long-term soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics hampers validation of SOC models in the tropics. We observed SOC content changes in a 16-year continuously cropped agroforestry experiment in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. SOC levels declined in all treatments. The decline was mo...
Diels, J.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Meersch, M.K. van der
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Sanginga, N.
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Merckx, R.
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[Longterm soil organic carbon dynamics in a subhumid tropical climate: 13C data in mixed C3/C4 cropping and modeling with ROTHC]
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Longterm soil organic carbon dynamics in a subhumid tropical climate: 13C data in mixed C3/C4 cropping and modeling with ROTHC
The potential of alley cropping systems supplied with a limited amount of fertilizer to restore crop productivity on a degraded site and to maintain crop productivity on a recently cleared, non-degraded site on ‘terre de barre' soils in Southern Bénin was investigated from 1994 to 1996. Leucaena ...
Aihou, K.
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Sanginga, N.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Lyasse, O.
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Diels, J.
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Merckx, R.
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[Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West Africa I. Restoration and maintenance of soil fertility on terre de barre soils in Benin Republic]
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Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West Africa I. Restoration and maintenance of soil fertility on terre de barre soils in Benin Republic
In cropping systems with limited amounts of external inputs, the soil organic matter pool (SOM) may contribute significantly to plant nutrition. The impact of organic inputs on total SOM and particulate organic matter (POM) N contents as affected by soil type and the relationships between sources...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Aman, S.
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Aihou, K.
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Tossah, B.K.
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Adebiyi, V.
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Sanginga, N.
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Lyasse, O.
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Diels, J.
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Merckx, R.
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[Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West Africa III. Soil organic matter fractionation and soil productivity]
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Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West Africa III. Soil organic matter fractionation and soil productivity
The moist savanna of West-Africa is characterized by a wide range of climates and soil types. The impact of the biophysical environment on hedgerow N uptake, wood production and maize grain yield was assessed for three years in three alley cropping trials with a selected number of hedgerow specie...
Tossah, B.K.
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Zamba, D.K.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Sanginga, N.
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Lyasse, O.
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Diels, J.
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Merckx, R.
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[Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West Africa II. Impact on soil productivity in a northtosouth transect in Togo]
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Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West Africa II. Impact on soil productivity in a northtosouth transect in Togo
Appropriate 15N-labeling methods are crucial for estimating N2-fixation in trees used in agroforestry systems. A 4-year field experiment was conducted on an Alfisol in Southwestern Nigeria to compare the estimates of Na fixed in Leucaena leucocephala, using two non-N2-fixing leguminous trees, Sen...
Sanginga, N.
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Danso, S.K.A.
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Zapata, F.
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[Field measurements of nitrogen fixation in leguminous trees used in agroforestry systems: influence of 15Nlabelling approaches and reference trees]
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Field measurements of nitrogen fixation in leguminous trees used in agroforestry systems: influence of 15Nlabelling approaches and reference trees