Nitrogen release from decomposing residues of leguminous cover crops and their effect on maize yield on depleted soils of Bukoba District, Tanzania

Plant and Soil

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-93

  Baijukya, F P ^a,b   De Ridder, N ^a   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute Maruku   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Legume cover crops; Maize yield; N uptake; N use efficiency; N mineralisation; Residue quality

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; DECOMPOSITION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; SOIL AMENDMENT;

AFRICA; BUKOBA; EAST AFRICA; KAGERA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CANDIDA; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA GRAHAMIANA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; DESMODIUM INTORTUM; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; MACROTYLOMA AXILLARE; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA CANDIDA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 32544455665     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2504-0     Document Type: Article

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