Leucaena + maize alley cropping in Malawi. Part 1: Effects of N, P, and leaf application on maize yields and soil properties

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-294

  Jones, R B ^a   Wendt, J W ^a   Bunderson, W T ^b   Itimu, O A ^c  

^a Rockefeller Foundation   (Malawi)

^b Malawi Agroforestry Extension Project   (Malawi)

^c CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

exchangeable cations; Leucaena leucocephala; sulfur; total nitrogen; zinc

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; FERTILISER USE; FERTILIZER; LEAF LITTER; LEUCAENA; MAIZE YIELD; MULCHING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SULPHUR; ZINC;

EID: 0029659817     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00055428     Document Type: Article

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