Crop production in relation to cultural practices in the Chromolaena odorata fallow system in South-West Côte d'Ivoire

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 305-317

  Slaats, J J P ^a,b   Janssen, B H ^a   Wessel, M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CRRA ^*  (Mali)

Author keywords

Burning; Chromolaena odorata; Efficiency of nutrient utilization; Fallow period; Nutrient uptake; Prolonged cropping; Shifting cultivation alternatives; Weed control; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; FALLOW; YIELD;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032323935     PISSN: 00282928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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