White lupin leads to increased maize yield through a soil fertility-independent mechanism: A new candidate for fighting Striga hermonthica infestation?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 101-114

  Weisskopf, Laure ^a,c   Akello, Pollycarp ^a   Milleret, Roxane ^b   Khan, Zeyaur R ^a   Schulthess, Fritz ^a   Gobat, Jean Michel ^b   Le Bayon, Renée Claire ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Plant Biology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cluster roots; Desmodium uncinatum; Lupinus albus; Soil fertility; Striga hermonthica; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; SOIL FERTILITY; SORGHUM; VERTISOL; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DESMODIUM UNCINATUM; LUPINUS ALBUS; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349176701     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9853-4     Document Type: Article

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