Woody legume fallow productivity, biological N 2-fixation and residual benefits to two successive maize crops in Zimbabwe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 303-315

  Chikowo, R ^a,b   Mapfumo, P ^b   Nyamugafata, P ^b   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Acacia angustissima; Cajanus cajan; conservation tillage; cowpea; maize; N 2 fixation; pest infestation; Sesbania sesban

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; LEGUME; MAIZE; NITROGEN FIXATION; TILLAGE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; AGROTIS; CAJANUS CAJAN; HYPARRHENIA; NOCTUIDAE; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842755854     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000037053.05902.60     Document Type: Article

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