Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) is an important grain legume in the semiarid zone of West Africa as it is a major source of dietary protein for the people. It is usually grown as an intercrop with the major cereals, namely millet and sorghum. Despite its importance, its yields are very low ...
Bationo, B. André
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Ntare, B.R.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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[Soil fertility management and cowpea production in the semiarid tropics]
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Soil fertility management and cowpea production in the semiarid tropics
The use of legume-legume mixtures to alleviate limitations of individual species in legume based technologies was investigated in subhumid Nigeria. The results indicate the potential of legume mixtures, through processes of complementation and compensation, to reduce the risk of legume establishm...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Musa, A.
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[Legume-legume complementarity for sustainable pasture development in the tropics]
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Legume-legume complementarity for sustainable pasture development in the tropics
Ensuring that farming in the moist savannas of Africa is maintained, despite increasing population pressure and agricultural demands, necessitates the sustainable integration of crop and livestock enterprises; a role that forage legumes can fulfill. The potential of eleven herbaceous and two shru...
Muhr, L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Merkel, U.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Berner, D.
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[Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa]
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Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa
Trials have been conducted in the subhumid zone of Nigeria to assess the potential of different weed control methods to improve seed quantity and quality using three tropical forage legumes: Centrosema pascuorum cv. cavalcade, chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn and Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano....
Kachelriess, S.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[The potential of weed control to improve seed production in selected tropical forage legumes]
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The potential of weed control to improve seed production in selected tropical forage legumes