Long-term effect of tillage and manure application on soil organic fractions and crop performance under Sudano-Sahelian conditions

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 95-101

  Mando, A ^a,d   Ouattara, B ^a   Sedogo M ^a   Stroosnijder, L ^b   Ouattara, K ^a   Brussaard, L ^b   Vanlauwe, B ^c  

^a Inst l'Environnement Rech A   (Burkina Faso)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme TSBF   (Kenya)

^d International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development IFDC   (Togo)

Author keywords

Crop performance; Manure; Organic C; Particulate organic matter; Ploughing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; DEGRADATION; MANURES; NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MANURE APPLICATIONS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL;

SOILS;

CROP PERFORMANCE; MANURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; FARM CROPS; MANURE; NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL; SUSTAINED YIELD;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 12344282103     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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