Effect of improved fallow on crop productivity, soil fertility and climate-forcing gas emissions in semi-arid conditions

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-230

  Hall, Nicola M ^a   Kaya, Bocary ^b   Dick, Jan ^a   Skiba, Ute ^a   Niang, Amadou ^b   Tabo, Ramadjita ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Foliar composition; Improved fallow; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CROP PRODUCTION; FALLOW; SOIL FERTILITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA COLEI; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM;

EID: 32144456739     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0019-8     Document Type: Article

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