Effects of organic amendment on early growth performance of Jatropha curcas L. on a severely degraded site in the Sub-Sahel of Burkina Faso

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-399

  Sop, Tene Kwetche ^a   Kagambèga, Francois Wenemi ^b   Bellefontaine, Ronald ^c   Schmiedel, Ute ^a   Thiombiano, Adjima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Exclosure; Germination; Land degradation; Restoration; Zippel

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GERMINATION; GRAZING; GROWTH REGULATOR; HUMUS; LAND DEGRADATION; MANURE; PLANTATION; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TERMITE; YIELD RESPONSE;

BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

ANIMALIA; ISOPTERA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 84869132231     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9421-4     Document Type: Article

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