Integration of legume trees in maize-based cropping systems improves rain use efficiency and yield stability under rain-fed agriculture

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1364-1372

  Sileshi, Gudeta W ^a   Akinnifesi, Festus K ^a   Ajayi, Oluyede C ^a   Muys, Bart ^b  

^a CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural drought; Land degradation; Leucaena; Tree intercropping

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DE FACTO; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LAND DEGRADATION; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MAIZE YIELD; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; SOLE MAIZE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TREE INTERCROPPING; USE EFFICIENCY; WATER AVAILABILITY; YIELD STABILITY; ZEA MAYS;

CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RAIN; STABILITY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERCROPPING; LAND DEGRADATION; LEGUME; MAIZE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NIGERIA; ZAMBIA;

LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA HEDGEROWS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959670952     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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