The amounts of earthworm surface casts were monitored for 200 days after commencement of casting in three alley cropping experiments of different ages and hedgerow species. Casts were collected twice per week in transects from under the hedgerow to the middle of the interrow space. Average annual...
Hauser, S.
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Asawalam, D.O.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Spatial and temporal gradients of earthworm casting activity in alley cropping systems]
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Spatial and temporal gradients of earthworm casting activity in alley cropping systems
A laboratory incubation experiment with 15N labeled root and leaf residues of 3 agroforestry species (Leucaena leucocephala, Dactyladenia harto'i and Flemingia macrophylla) was conducted under controlled conditions (25 °C) for 56 days to quantify residue C and N mineralization and its relationshi...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Nwoke, O.C.
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Sanginga, N.
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Merckx, R.
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[Impact of residue quality on the C and N mineralization of leaf and root residues of three agroforestry species]
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Impact of residue quality on the C and N mineralization of leaf and root residues of three agroforestry species
The recovery of a single application of leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) leaf N (78 kg N ha−1) in a maize crop, the hedgerow and the top 10 cm soil of a leucaena alley cropping system was measured for 236 d through the use of 15N labeled residues. The leucaena-derived-N (LDN) was followed in the ...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Swift, M.J.
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Merckx, R.
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[Soil litter dynamics and N use in a leucaena (Leucaena leucocephalaLam. (de Witt)) alley cropping system in southwestern Nigeria]
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Soil litter dynamics and N use in a leucaena (Leucaena leucocephalaLam. (de Witt)) alley cropping system in southwestern Nigeria