Residue management of a planted fallow on an acid soil in Cameroon: Crop yields and soil organic matter fractions

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Tonye, J ^a,c   Ibewiro, B ^a   Duguma, B ^b  

^a Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c Institut de la Recherche Agronomique   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Groundnut; Humid lowlands; Labour efficiency; Maize; Partial budgeting

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; CROP RESIDUE; CROP RESIDUES; CROP YIELD; FALLOW; FALLOW MANAGEMENT; MULCHING; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT RESIDUE; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTIES;

CAMEROON, YAOUNDE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAJAN; CAJANUS CAJAN; FABACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030765879     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005826612399     Document Type: Article

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