the Quesungual Slash and Mulch Agroforestry System (QSMAS) on the dynamics of soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), and their impact on QSMAS’ productivity in southwestern Honduras, Central America. Five land use systems were compared: (l) Slash-and-burn traditional system; (2, 3 and 4) QSMAS of ...
Castro, Aracely
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Menjívar, Juan Carlos
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Barrios, Edmundo
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Asakawa, Neuza
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Borrero, Gonzalo
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García, Edwin
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Dinámica del nitrógeno y el fósforo del suelo bajo tres sistemas de uso de la tierra en laderas de Honduras]
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Dinámica del nitrógeno y el fósforo del suelo bajo tres sistemas de uso de la tierra en laderas de Honduras
Tropical montane forests provide an important natural laboratory to test ecological theory. While it is well-known that some aspects of forest structure change with altitude, little is known on the effects of altitude on above ground biomass (AGB), particularly with regard to changing height-diam...
Imani, G.
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Boyemba, F.
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Lewis, S.
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Nabahungu, N.L.
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Calders, K.
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Zapfack, L.
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Riera, B.
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Balegamire, C.
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Cuni-Sanchez, A.
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[Height-diameter allometry and above ground biomass in tropical montane forests: insights from the Albertine Rift in Africa]
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Height-diameter allometry and above ground biomass in tropical montane forests: insights from the Albertine Rift in Africa
The functioning of trees as a safety-net for capturing nutrients leached beyond the reach of crop roots was evaluated by investigating changes in exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, and K) and pH in a wide range of medium to long term alley cropping trials in the derived savanna of West Africa, compare...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Aihou, K.
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Tossah, B.
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Diels, J.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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Merckx, R.
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[Senna siamea trees recycle Ca from a Carich subsoil and increase the topsoil pH in agroforestry systems in the West African derived savanna zone]
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Senna siamea trees recycle Ca from a Carich subsoil and increase the topsoil pH in agroforestry systems in the West African derived savanna zone
A longterm alley cropping trial was undertaken on an eroded Oxic paleustalf in the forest-savanna transition zone of southwestern Nigeria from 1981–1993. Two nitrogen fixing hedgerow species (Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala) and two non legume hedgerow species (Alchornea cordifolia an...
Kang, B.T.
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Caveness, F.E.
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Tian, G.
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Kolawole, G.O.
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[Longterm alley cropping with four hedgerow species on an Alfisol in southwestern Nigeria effect on crop performance, soil chemical properties and nematode population]
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Longterm alley cropping with four hedgerow species on an Alfisol in southwestern Nigeria effect on crop performance, soil chemical properties and nematode population
Udensi, U.E.
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Chikoye, D.
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Ogunyemi, S.
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[Effect of level and source of shade on the biomass of speargrass in Nigeria]
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Effect of level and source of shade on the biomass of speargrass in Nigeria
Udensi, U.
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Chikoye, D.
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Ogunyemi, S.
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[Effect of level and source of shade on the biomass of speargrass in Nigeria]
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Effect of level and source of shade on the biomass of speargrass in Nigeria
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.
,
[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
Climate smart agriculture is defined as a systematic and synergetic ingress for transformation and reorientation of agricultural development under constrained environment with climate risks. Enhanced plant productivity and reduced microbial respiratory C can potentially mitigate the rising of the...
Kaushal, M.
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Kaushal, R.
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[Rhizobacterial switching towards climate smart agroecosystems]
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Rhizobacterial switching towards climate smart agroecosystems
Optimisation of sweetpotato production potential is not realized in sub-Saharan Africa where dry spells are common after the growing season. Lack of seed cultivars at the beginning of the rainy season is the challenge and identifying those cultivars with the ability to survive a 4 to 7-month dry ...
Andrade, M.I.
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Makunde, G.S.
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Ricardo, J.
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Menomussanga, J.
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Alvaro, A.
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Gruneberg, W.J.
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[Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique]
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Survival of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L] Lam) vines in cultivars subjected to long dry spells after the growing season in Mozambique
Lack of crop yield response to planted tree fallow led to introducing a two-year fallow phase to
determine if planted tree fallow can improve soil fertility and yields over a no-tree control. Three
cycles of two years fallow followed by slash-and-burn land preparation and one year of groundnut
/c...
Hauser, S.
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[Groundnut cassava maize intercrop yields over three cycles of planted tree fallow/crop rotations on Ultisol in Southern Cameroon]
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Groundnut cassava maize intercrop yields over three cycles of planted tree fallow/crop rotations on Ultisol in Southern Cameroon