Herbaceous Legumes: The Panacea for West African Soil Fertility Problems?

2015 ◽  
pp. 179-196
Author(s):  
Steffen Schulz ◽  
Robert J. Carsky ◽  
Shirley A. Tarawali
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
West African ◽  
Herbaceous Legumes ◽  
African Soil ◽  
Fertility Problems

Herbaceous Legumes: The Panacea for West African Soil Fertility Problems?

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanglong Tian ◽  
Fusako Ishida ◽  
Dyno Keatinge ◽  
Steffen Schulz ◽  
Robert J. Carsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
West African ◽  
Herbaceous Legumes ◽  
African Soil ◽  
Fertility Problems

scholarly journals Dry Matter Production, Nutrient Cycled and Removed, and Soil Fertility Changes in Yam-Based Cropping Systems with Herbaceous Legumes in the Guinea-Sudan Zone of Benin

Scientifica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Raphiou Maliki ◽  
Brice Sinsin ◽  
Anne Floquet ◽  
Denis Cornet ◽  
Eric Malezieux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Mucuna Pruriens ◽  
Total N ◽  
Herbaceous Legumes ◽  
Andropogon Gayanus ◽  
The Impact

Traditional yam-based cropping systems (shifting cultivation, slash-and-burn, and short fallow) often result in deforestation and soil nutrient depletion. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of yam-based systems with herbaceous legumes on dry matter (DM) production (tubers, shoots), nutrients removed and recycled, and the soil fertility changes. We compared smallholders’ traditional systems (1-year fallow ofAndropogon gayanus-yam rotation, maize-yam rotation) with yam-based systems integrated herbaceous legumes (Aeschynomene histrix/maize intercropping-yam rotation,Mucuna pruriens/maize intercropping-yam rotation). The experiment was conducted during the 2002 and 2004 cropping seasons with 32 farmers, eight in each site. For each of them, a randomized complete block design with four treatments and four replicates was carried out using a partial nested model with five factors: Year, Replicate, Farmer, Site, and Treatment. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using the general linear model (GLM) procedure was applied to the dry matter (DM) production (tubers, shoots), nutrient contribution to the systems, and soil properties at depths 0–10 and 10–20 cm. DM removed and recycled, total N, P, and K recycled or removed, and soil chemical properties (SOM, N, P, K, and pH water) were significantly improved on yam-based systems with legumes in comparison with traditional systems.

scholarly journals A Method for the Study of Soil Fertility Problems

1910 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob G. Lipman
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nitrogen Compounds ◽  
Available Nitrogen ◽  
Field Peas ◽  
Fertility Problems ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
Abundant Supply ◽  
Fibrous Roots ◽  
Surrounding Soil

Several years ago the writer's attention was called to the apparently favourable influence of field peas on oats when the two were grown together. The rank growth of the oats, their dark-green colour and the delayed ripening gave every indication of an abundant supply of available nitrogen compounds. On the other hand, oats seeded without the peas, at about the same time, were less rank in their growth and matured at an earlier date. Further observation and inquiry strengthened the impression in the writer's mind that the associative growth of legumes and non-legumes is frequently advantageous to the latter in that they are supplied with nitrogen compounds derived either from the decay of the fibrous roots of the legumes, or from the soluble materials passing out of the roots into the surrounding soil.

Soil Fertility Problems in Cetnral Rechna Doab

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1355-1357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Abida Akram
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Fertility Problems
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