Alley cropping in the moist savanna of West-Africa III. Soil organic matter fractionation and soil productivity

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-264

  Vanlauwe, B ^a,f   Aman, S ^b   Aihou, K ^c   Tossah, B K ^d   Adebiyi, V ^a   Sanginga, N ^a   Lyasse, O ^a   Diels, J ^a   Merckx, R ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Institut des Savannes   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Inst des Rech Agricoles du Benin   (Benin)

^d Institut National des Sols   (Togo)

^e Laboratory for Soil Fertility and Soil Biology   (Belgium)

^f IITA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albizia lebbeck; Gliricidia sepium; Leucaena leucocephala; Particle size classes; Particulate organic matter; Senna siamea

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; ORGANIC MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA;

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; SENNA; SENNA SIAMEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032422673     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006128401073     Document Type: Article

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