The effects of leucaena hedgerows, mulching with leucaena foliage (0.50 and 100 percent of harvested foliage), cowpea intercropping and addition of dairy cattle slurry (55 t ha-1 per maize crop) on the yield of maize from a sandy soil were assessed. The four-year results from five maize crops are...
Mureithi, J.G.
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Tayler, R.S.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[The effects of alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and of different management practices on the productivity of maize and soil chemical properties in lowland coastal Kenya]
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The effects of alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and of different management practices on the productivity of maize and soil chemical properties in lowland coastal Kenya
A study was carried out in the Sudan savanna zone in the Upper East Region of Ghana to assess the rate of sediment-bound nutrient export (NE) into five small reservoirs (Dua, Doba, Zebilla, Kumpalgogo and Bugri) and to analyse the implications of this export. The catchment soils and reservoir sed...
Amegashie, BK
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Quansah, C
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Agyare, W.A.
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Vlek, Paul L.G.
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[Sediment-bound nutrient export from five small reservoir catchments and its implications for the Sudan savanna zone of Ghana]
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Sediment-bound nutrient export from five small reservoir catchments and its implications for the Sudan savanna zone of Ghana
Relative palatability and some agronomic traits were studied for nine legumes including Aeschynomene histrix, Centrosema brasilianum (two accessions), Centrosema pascuorum, Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Stylosanthes guianensis (two accessions) and Stylosanthes hamata (two accessions). All species we...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa]
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Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa
Resource flow models are useful tools that assist farmers in analysing their soil fertility management strategies and in planning, experimenting and adapting ways to improve the use of scarce local resources. Resource flows and farm nutrient balance studies were carried out in eastern Uganda to a...
Esilaba, Anthony O.
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Nyende, P
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Nalukenge, G
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Byalebeka, J.B.
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Delve, Robert J.
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Ssali, H.
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[Resource flows and nutrient balances for crop and animal production in smallholder farming systems in Eastern Uganda]
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Resource flows and nutrient balances for crop and animal production in smallholder farming systems in Eastern Uganda
Phiri, Samuel
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Amézquita Collazos, Edgar
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Constructing an arable layer through chisel tillage and agropastoral systems in tropical savanna soils of the Llanos of Colombia]
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Constructing an arable layer through chisel tillage and agropastoral systems in tropical savanna soils of the Llanos of Colombia
80% of arable land in Africa has low soil fertility and suffers from physical soil problems. Additionally, significant amounts of nutrients are lost every year due to unsustainable soil management practices. This is partially the result of insufficient use of soil management knowledge. To help br...
Hengl, Tomislav
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Heuvelink, Gerard B.M.
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Kempen, Bas
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Leenaars, Johan G.B.
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Walsh, Markus G
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Sila, Andrew
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MacMillan, Robert A
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Mendes de Jesus, Jorge
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Tondoh, Jérôme E.
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[Mapping soil properties of Africa at 250 m resolution: random forests significantly improve current predictions]
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Mapping soil properties of Africa at 250 m resolution: random forests significantly improve current predictions
Although silicon (Si) is found at much higher concentrations in healthy rice crops than N, P or K, it has received far less study, particularly for upland rice. There are few reports on the existence, causes, and effects of varying Si supplies in different environments. Chemical analyses of soil,...
Winslow, M.D.
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Okada, K
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Correa Victoria, Fernando J.
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[Silicon deficiency and the adaptation of tropical rice ecotypes]
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Silicon deficiency and the adaptation of tropical rice ecotypes
Chemical sequential extraction is widely used to divide soil phosphorus (P) into different inorganic (Pi) and organic (Po) fractions, but the assignment of these fractions to pools of differing plant availability, especially for low P tropical soils, is still matter of discussion. To improve this...
Buehler, S.
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Oberson, Astrid
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Friesen, Dennis K.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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[Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems]
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Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems
Cereal-legume intercrops are quite common in sub-Saharan Africa. However, most of the research in this area has concentrated on grain legumes or pasture grass-legume mixtures. More recently, attention has been called to the integration of forage legumes with livestock production. While it is know...
Nnadi, L.A.
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Haque, I.
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[Performance of forage legume-maize intercrops on an upland soil of Ethiopian highlands]
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Performance of forage legume-maize intercrops on an upland soil of Ethiopian highlands
Crop production in sub-Sahara Africa is constrained by low soil phosphorus (P) content. A study was conducted in western Kenya to explore alternative P inputs and ways of optimizing their effectiveness and profitability. A field experiment established in 2007 studied the effects of Minjingu phosp...
Savini, Isaac
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Kihara, Job
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Koala, Saidou
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Mukalama, John
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Waswa, Boaz S.
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Bationo, B. André
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[Long-term effects of TSP and Minjingu phosphate rock applications on yield response of maize and soybean in a humid tropical maize–legume cropping system]
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Long-term effects of TSP and Minjingu phosphate rock applications on yield response of maize and soybean in a humid tropical maize–legume cropping system