Species screening for short-term planted fallows in the highlands of western Kenya

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Niang, A I ^a   Amadalo, B A ^b   De Wolf, J ^a   Gathumbi, S M ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Biomass quality; Fast growing legumes; Nutrients cycling; Oil amelioration; Smaize yield

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; FALLOW; SOIL FERTILITY;

KENYA;

CANDIDA; CROTALARIA; MACROPTILIUM; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; NEONOTONIA WIGHTII; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA CANDIDA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; TITHONIA; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036939588     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021366911279     Document Type: Article

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