Long term effects of crop rotations with fallow or groundnut on soil fertility and succeeding sorghum Yields in the guinea savannah of West Africa

Lessons learned from Long-term Soil Fertility Management Experiments in Africa

Volumn 9789400729384, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-40

  Bado, B V ^a,b   Bationo, A ^c   Lompo, F ^a   Traore, K ^a   Sedogo, M P ^a   Cescas, M P ^d  

^a CRREA de l'Ouest 910   (United States)

^b Centre du riz pour l'Afrique Senegal   (Senegal)

^c CSIR Office Complex 6   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop rotations; Fallow; Fertilization; Groundnut; Nitrogen; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931343892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2938-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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