Landform and phosphorus effects on nitrogen fixed by annual clovers and its contribution to succeeding cereals in the Ethiopian highlands

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1393-1398

  Haque, I ^a,b   Lupwayi, N Z ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b PCSIR Housing Society Phase 1   (Pakistan)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage legumes; N cycling; Residual effects; Tropics; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032741154     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR98200     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Abiye, A., and Ferew, K. (1993). Modifying the traditional plough meresha for better management of Vertisols. In 'Improved management of Vertisols for Sustainable Crop-Livestock Production in the Ethiopian Highlands'. (Eds M. Tekalign, A. Abiye, K. L. Srivastava' and D. Asgelil.) pp. 85-101. (Technical Committee of the Joint Vertisol Project: Addis Ababa.)
2. Abiye A., Muhamed-Saleem, M. A., and El Wakeel, A. (1995). Soil water dynamics under cereal and forage legume mixtures on drained Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands. Agricultural Water Management 21, 17-24.
3. Berhanu, D. (1985). The Vertisols of Ethiopia: their properties, classification and management. In 'World Soil Resources Report No. 56'. pp. 31-54. (FAO: Rome.)
4. 2 fixation. Plant and Soil 152, 25-52.
5. Gemeda, A. B., and Fielder, H. J. (1995). Soil degradation in the Ethiopian highlands. Archives of Nature Conservation and Landscape Research 33, 243-53.
6. Giller, K. E., Cardisch, G., Ehaliotis, C., Adams, E., Sakala, W. D., and Mafongonya, P. L. (1997). Building soil nitrogen capital in Africa. In 'Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa'. (Eds R. J. Buresh, P. A. Sanchez' and F. Calhoun.) pp. 151-92. SSSA Special Publication No. 51. (Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy: Madison, WI.)
7. Haque, I., and Lupwayi, N. Z. (1998a). Agronomic effectiveness and residual effects of Egyptian and Togo phosphate rocks on clover production in Ethiopia. Journal of Plant Nutrition 21, 2013-33.
8. Haque, I., and Lupwayi, N. Z. (1998b). Effectiveness of Egyptian phosphate rock on clover production in Ethiopia. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 29, 1143-53.
9. Haque, I., Lupwayi, N. Z. and Luyindula, N. (1996). Inoculation and phosphorus effects on Desmodium intortum and Sesbania sesban in the Ethiopian highlands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 56, 165-72.
10. Haque, I., Lupwayi, N. Z., and Ssali, H. (1999). Agronomic evaluation of unacidulated and partially acidulated Minjingu and Chilembwe phosphate rocks for clover production in Ethiopia. European Journal of Agronomy 10, 37-47.
11. Kahurananga, J., and Tsehay, A. (1984). Preliminary assessment of some annual Ethiopian Trifolium species for hay production. Tropical Grasslands 18, 215-17.
12. Lupwayi, N. Z., Haque, I., and Holl, F. B. (1997a). Effectiveness, competitiveness and persistence of inoculant rhizobia for perennial African clovers in a highland Vertisol. Journal of Agricultural Science 129, 429-38.
13. Lupwayi, N. Z., Haque, I., and Holl, F. B. (1997b). Strain-specific response of Trifolium semipilosum to inoculation with Rhizobium and the significance of waterlogging in Ethiopian highland Vertisols. Journal of Agricultural Science 129, 439-46.
14. Michigan State University (1988). 'MSTAT-C, a Microcomputer Program for the Design, Management and Analysis of Agronomic Research Experiments'. (Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI.)
15. Mugwira, L. M., Haque, I., Lupwayi, N. Z., and Luyindula, N. (1997). Evaluation of phosphorus uptake and use efficiency and nitrogen fixation potential by African clovers. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 65, 169-75.
16. Muhamed-Saleem, M. A., and Abiye, A. (1996). Options to intensify cropland use for alleviating smallholder energy and protein deficiencies in the East African highlands. Field Crops Research 48, 177-84.
17. Nnadi, L. A., and Haque, I. (1988). Root nitrogen transformation and mineral composition in selected forage legumes. Journal of Agricultural Science 111, 513-18.
18. Nnadi, L. A., Haque, I., and Mugwira, L. M. (1993). Phosphate response and mineral composition of Ethiopian highland Trifolium species. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 24, 641-56.
19. Peoples, M. B., Herridge, D. F., and Lahda, J. K. (1995). Biological nitrogen fixation: an efficient source of nitrogen for sustainable agricultural production? Plant and Soil 174, 3-28.
20. Sanchez, P. A., Shepherd, K. D., Soule, M. J., Place, F. M., Buresh, R. J., Izac, A. N., Mokwunye, A. U., Kwesiga, F. R., Ndiritu, C. G., and Woomer, P. L. (1997). Soil fertility replenishment in Africa: an investment. In 'Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa'. (Eds R. J. Buresh, P. A. Sanchez' and F. Calhoun.) pp. 1-46. SSSA Special Publication No. 51. (Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy: Madison, WI.)
21. Tekalign, T., Haque, I., and Aduayi, E. A. (1991). 'Soil, Plant, Water, Fertiliser, Animal Manure and Compost Analysis.' Plant Sciences Division Working Document No. B13. (International Livestock Centre for Africa: Addis Ababa.)
22. Thomas, R. J. (1995). Role of legumes in providing N for sustainable tropical pasture systems. Plant and Soil 174, 103-18.
23. Unkovich, M. J., Pate, J. S., and Sanford, P. (1997). Nitrogen fixation by annual legumes in Australian Mediterranean agriculture. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 48, 267-93.