Millet nutrient use efficiency as affected by natural soil fertility, mineral fertilizer use and rainfall in the West African Sahel

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Fofana, B ^a   Wopereis, M C S ^a   Bationo, A ^b   Breman, H ^a   Mando, A ^a  

^a International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fertilizer; Infield; Integrated soil fertility management; Millet; Niger; Nitrogen; Nutrient use efficiency; Organic matter; Outfield; pH; Phosphorus; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MILLET; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 42149108583     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9146-y     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Affholder F (1995) Effect of organic matter input on the water balance and yield of millet under tropical dryland condition. Field Crops Res 41:109-121
2. Bationo A, Ntare BR (2000) Rotation and nitrogen fertilizer effects on pearl millet, cowpea and groundnut yield and soil chemical properties in a sandy soil in the semi-arid tropics, West Africa. J Agric Sci Camb 134:277-284
3. Bationo A, Mokwunye AU, Baanante CA (1985) Agronomic evaluation of alternative fertilizer sources in Niger. In: Ohm HW, Nagy JG (eds) Appropriate technologies for farmers in semi-arid West Africa. International Programme in Agriculture, Perdue University, West Lafayette, IN
4. Bationo A, Christianson BC, Baethgen WE, Mokwunye AU (1992) A farm level evaluation of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use and planting density for pearl millet production in Niger. Fertil Res 29:117-125
5. Breman H (1990) No sustainability without external inputs. In: Beyond adjustment: sub-Saharan Africa. Africa Seminar. Maastricht, The Netherlands, pp 124-134
6. Breman H, Rob Groot JJ, van Keulen H (2001) Resource limitation in Sahelian agriculture. Glob Environ Change 11:59-68
7. Buerkert A, Hiernaux P (1998) Nutrients in the West African Sudano-Sahelian zone: losses, transfers and role of external inputs. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 161:365-383
8. Buerkert A, Bationo A, Dossa K (2000) Mechanisms of residue mulch-induced cereal growth increases in West Africa. Soil Sci Soc Am J 64:346-358
9. Esse PC, Buerkert A, Hiernaux P, Assa A (2001) Decomposition of and nutrient release from ruminant manure on acid sandy soils in the Sahelian zone of Niger, West Africa. Agric Ecosyst Environ 83:55-63
10. Fofana B, Tamelokpo A, Wopereis MCS, Breman H, Dzotsi K, Carsky RJ (2005) Nitrogen use efficiency by maize as affected by a mucuna short fallow and P application in the coastal savanna of West Africa. Nutr Cycling Agroecosyst 71:227-237
11. Gomez KA, Gomez AA (1984) Statistical procedures for agricultural research. An International Rice Research Institute Book, Wiley, Brisbane, Australia, pp 187-233
12. Hafner H, George E, Bationo A, Marschner H (1993) Effect of crop residues on root growth and phosphorus acquisition of pearl millet in an acid sandy soil in Niger. Plant Soil 150:117-127
13. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (1982) Automated and semi-automated methods for soil and plant analysis. Manual series 7. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria
14. Keatinge JDH, Breman H, Manyong V, Vanlauwe B, Wendt J (2001) Sustaining soil fertility in West Africa in the face of rapidly increasing pressure for agricultural intensification. In: Tian G, Ishida I, Keatinge D (eds) Sustaining soil fertility in West Africa. SSSA Special Publication No. 58, SSSA and ASA, Madison, WI, USA, pp 1-21
15. Manu A, Bationo A, Geiger SC (1991) The fertility status of millet producing soils of West Africa with emphasis on phosphorus. Soil Sci Soc Am J 152:315-320
16. Mapfumo P, Giller KE (2001) Soil Fertility management strategies and practices by smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropic and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 53p
17. Marschner H (1995) Mineral nutrition of higher plants. Academic, London, UK
18. McIntire J, Bourzat D, Pingali P (1992) Crop-livestock interaction in Sub-Saharan Africa. The world bank, world bank, regional and sectoral studies, Washington, DC, p 24
19. Maurya PR, Lal R (1981) Effect of different mulch materials on soil properties and the root growth and yield of maize (Zea mays, L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Field Crops Res 4:33-45
20. Palm CA (1995) Contribution of agroforestry tree to nutrient requirements of intercropped plants. Agroforor Syst 30:105-124
21. Penning de Vries FWT, Ditèye MA (1991) La Productivité des Pâturages Saheliens. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands
22. Pichot J, Roche P (1972) Le phosphore dans les sols tropicaux. Agron Trop 27:939-965
23. Pieri C (1986) Fertilisation des cultures vivrières et fertilité des sols en agriculture paysanne sub-saharienne. Agron Trop 40:1-20
24. Pieri C (1989) Fertilité des terres de savanes. Bilan de trente ans de recherche et de développement agricole au Sud du Sahara. Ministère de la Coopération et du Développement, CIRAD-IRAT, Paris, 444p
25. Powell JM, Coulibaly T (1995) The ecological sustainability of red meat production in Mali: nitrogen balance of rangeland and crop in four production systems. Report to Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (PGRN), Bamako, Mali, 41pp
26. Powell JM, Williams TO (1993) Livestock, nutrient cycling and sustainable agriculture in the West African Sahel. Gatekeeper series no. 37. International Institute for Environment and Development, Sustainable Agriculture Programme, London, 15pp
27. Prudencio YC (1983) A village study of soil fertility management and food crop production in Upper-Volta. Technical and economic analysis. Ph.D. thesis, University of Arizona, USA
28. Samaké O (2003) Integrated crop management strategies in Sahelian land use systems to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability: a case study in Mali. Ph.D. thesis, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
29. Sédogo PM (1993) Evolution des sols ferrugineux lessivés sous culture: incidence des modes de gestion sur la fertilité. Ph.D. thesis, University of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 343pp
30. Soil Survey Staff (1975) Soil taxonomy. A basic system on soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys, vol 436. Soil Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA
31. Wopereis MCS, Tamelokpo A, Ezui K, Gnakpénou D, Fofana B, Breman H (2005) Mineral fertilizer management of maize on farmer fields differing in organic inputs in the West African savanna. Field Crops Res 96:355-362