Nutrient concentrations and NH4+-N mineralization under different soil types and fallow forms in southern Cameroon

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 591-595

  Koutika, Lydie Stella ^a,b,c   Ndango, Rose ^a,b   Hauser, Stefan ^a,b  

^a Humid Forest Ecoregional Center   (Cameroon)

^b IITA Cameroon c/o Lambourn and Co   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

NH4+ N mineralization; Nutrient concentrations; Soil and fallow types; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

CALLIANDRA; CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; PUERARIA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES;

EID: 7944228247     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200421431     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Bremner, J. M., and M. A. Tabatabai (1972): Use of an ammonia electrode for determination of ammonium in Kjeldahl. Analysis 3, 159-165.
2. Champetier de Ribes, G., and M. Aubague (1956): Carte géologique de réconnaissance à l'échelle de 1/50000, feuille de Yaoundé-Est avec notice explicant. Paris.
3. Duguma, B., J. Tonye, J. Kanmegne, T. Manga, and T. Enoch (1994): Growth of ten multipurpose tree species on acid soils of Sangmelima, Cameroon. Agrof. Syst. 27, 107-119.
4. Heanes, D. L. (1984): Determination of total C in soils by an improved chromic acid digestion and spectrometric procedure. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 15, 1191-1213.
5. Juo, A. S. R., and F. Adams (1986): Chemistry of LAC soils, in: Proc. symposium of Low Activity Clay (LAC) Soils. Technical Monograph No 14. SMSS-USDA, Washington DC, pp. 37-62.
6. Koutika, L.-S., S. Hauser, and J. Henrot (2001): Soil organic matter in natural regrowth, Pueraria phaseoloides and Mucuna pruriens fallow. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33, 1095-1101.
7. Koutika, L.-S., N. Sanginga, B. Vanlauwe, and S. Weise (2002): Chemical properties and soil organic matter assessment in fallow systems in the forest margins benchmark. Soil Biol. Biochem. 34, 757-765.
8. Koutika, L.-S., S. Hauser, J. G. Meutem-Kamga, and B. Yerima (2004): Comparative study of soil properties under Chromolaena odorata, Pueraria phaseoloides and Calliandra callothyrsus. Plant and Soil (in press).
9. Koutika, L.-S., C. Nolle, M. Yemefack, R. Kameni, D. Folefoc, and S. Weise (2005): Use of leguminous fallows to improve soil quality in south-central Cameroon as evidenced by the particulate organic matter status. Geoderma, accepted.
10. Marandu, A. E., S. I. Ikerra, M. C. Kalumana, R. H. Assengo, and P. K. Mutuo (2000): Nitrogen mineralization of organic materials of differing quality in Rhodic Ferralsol in TSBF. Report 1997-1998 TSBF, Nairobi 24-25.
11. Mehlich, N. W. (1984): Mehlich-3 soil test extradant: a modification of the Mehlich-2 extradant. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 15, 1409-1416.
12. Motomizu, S., P. Wakimoto, and K. Toei (1983): Spectrophotometric determination of phosphate in river waters with molybdate and malachite green. Analyst 108, 361-367.
13. Santoir, C., and A. Bopda (1995): Atlas régional Sud-Cameroun. P. 3, Editions ORSTOM, Paris.
14. SAS (1989): SAS Stat User's Guide. Version 6, 4th ed., Vol. 2, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, 846 pp.