Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in southwestern Zimbabwe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Ncube, Bongani ^a,b   Twomlow, Steve J ^b   Van Wijk, Mark T ^a   Dimes, John P ^b   Giller, Ken E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics ICRISAT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cereal; Crop rotation; Food security; Nitrogen fixation; Residues; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMPLASM; LEGUME; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM;

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

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BAMBARA; CAJANUS CAJAN; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VIGNA SUBTERRANEA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 34948845644     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9330-5     Document Type: Article

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