Maize yields in Mulched and burned Mucuna prupriens var. utilis and Pueraria phaseoloides relay fallow systems in southern Cameroon

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-256

  Hauser, S ^a   Henrot, J ^a   Hauser, A ^a  

^a IITA Cameroon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNING; GREEN MANURING; MAIZE; MULCHING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITION; YIELD;

CAMEROON;

MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; MUCUNA PRURIENS VAR. UTILIS; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036902544     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2002.9754968     Document Type: Article

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