Tillage, crop residue, legume rotation, and green manure effects on sorghum and millet yields in the semiarid tropics of Mali

Plant and Soil

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Kouyaté, Zoumana ^a   Franzluebbers, Kathrin ^b   Juo, Anthony S R ^b   Hossner, Lloyd R ^b  

^a Institute of Rural Economy (IER)   (Mali)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Crop rotation; Dolichos; Green manure; Pearl millet; Sahel; Sorghum; Tied ridging; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; GREEN MANURING; LEGUME; TILLAGE;

MALI;

EID: 0034495389     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026589528352     Document Type: Article

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