Alley cropping of maize with calliandra and leucaena in the subhumid highlands of Kenya: Part 1. Soil-fertility changes and maize yield

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-50

  Mugendi, D N ^a,b,e   Nair, P K R ^a   Mugwe, J N ^b   O'Neill, M K ^c   Woomer, P L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomass transfer; Competition; Crop yield; Prunings

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; MAIZE; SOIL FERTILITY;

KENYA;

CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032700080     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006288301044     Document Type: Article

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