Leguminous fallows improve soil quality in south-central Cameroon as evidenced by the particulate organic matter status

Geoderma

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 343-354

  Koutika, L Stella ^a,c   Nolte, Christian ^a   Yemefack, Martin ^b   Ndango, Rose ^a   Folefoc, Daniel ^a   Weise, Stephan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C. calothyrsus; C. odorata; Fallow management; Organic matter fractionation; P. phaseoloides; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CROPS; GROWTH KINETICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MECHANICS;

LEGUMINOUS FALLOWS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); PHASEOLOIDS; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

FALLOW; LEGUME; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; TROPICAL SOIL;

CORN; GROWTH REGULATORS; ORGANIC MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 7944228320     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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