Planted legume fallows reduce weeds and increase soil N and P contents but not upland rice yields

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Saito, K ^a,b   Linquist, B ^c   Johnson, D E ^d   Phengchanh, S ^e   Shiraiwa, T ^a   Horie, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^e Northern Regional Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Laos)

Author keywords

Cajanus cajan; Laos; Leucaena leucocephala; Nitrogen; Slash and burn; Upland rice; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPPING PRACTICE; FALLOW; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LEGUME; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POPULATION DECLINE; RICE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; CAJANUS CAJAN; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 48449088621     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9149-y     Document Type: Article

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