Water and nutrient conservation through the use of agroforestry mulches, and sorghum yield response

Plant and Soil

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-232

  Tilander, Y ^a,c   Bonzi, M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Station de Recherche de Saria   (Burkina Faso)

^c Nordisk Ministerrad   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Burkina Faso; Grain yield; Organic matter quality; Semi arid; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; MULCH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; YIELD;

BURKINA FASO;

ACACIA HOLOCERICEA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; MELIACEAE; MIMOSACEAE; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0031407052     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004263930096     Document Type: Article

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