Assessment of cowpea and groundnut contributions to soil fertility and succeeding sorghum yields in the Guinean savannah zone of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Bado, B V ^a,d   Bationo, A ^b   Cescas, M P ^c  

^a Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA)   (Burkina Faso)

^b TSBF CIAT   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Centre du riz pour l'Afrique Senegal   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Legume; Nitrogen; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BOS TAURUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 33751539681     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0076-7     Document Type: Article

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