A staggered maize-legume intercrop arrangement robustly increases crop yields and economic returns in the highlands of Central Kenya

Field Crops Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Mucheru Muna, Monicah ^a   Pypers, Pieter ^b   Mugendi, Daniel ^a   Kung'u, James ^a   Mugwe, Jayne ^a   Merckx, Roel ^c   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b TSBF CIAT   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

13C isotope discrimination; Cereal legume intercropping; Economic analysis; Fertilizer; MBILI system; N fixation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71949095775     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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