Contribution ofTithonia diversifoliato yield and nutrient uptake of maize in Malawian small-scale agriculture
| العنوان: | Contribution ofTithonia diversifoliato yield and nutrient uptake of maize in Malawian small-scale agriculture |
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| المؤلفون: | R. P. Ganunga, J. D. T. Kumwenda, O. A. Yerokun |
| المصدر: | South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 22:240-245 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2005. |
| سنة النشر: | 2005 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Mucuna, Ecology, biology, Tephrosia, Soil Science, Tithonia, Plant Science, biology.organism_classification, Green manure, Agronomy, Dry matter, Soil fertility, Stover, Tephrosia vogelii |
| الوصف: | Locally available non-traditional green manure plants could potentially contribute to reversing the trend of declining soil fertility and raise maize yield in small-scale farms. In this study, Tithonia diversifolia was tested as a low cost green manure in Malawi. In a greenhouse incubation experiment, changes in soil nitrate (NO(3-), ammonium (NH4 +) and extractable phosphorus (Mehlich-3 P) were compared between treatments of T. diversifolia, Crotolaria juncea (sunhemp), Tephrosia vogelii, Mucuna utilis (velvet beans) and maize stover that were applied to the soil at an equivalent rate of 3 Mg dry matter ha−1. This was followed by a field study where three rates of T. diversifolia dry matter (1.5, 3.0, 4.5 Mg ha−1) were applied with or without triple superphosphate (TSP) supplement to maize grown at three locations in central and northern Malawi. The changes in laboratory incubated soil N03- and NH4 + levels were similar (P 0.05) among T. diversifolia, Tephrosia and Mucuna while the change in soil treated... |
| تدمد: | 2167-034X 0257-1862 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02571862.2005.10634714 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::2cc200dfbd1539e5984aeb959858ab95 https://doi.org/10.1080/02571862.2005.10634714 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........2cc200dfbd1539e5984aeb959858ab95 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 2167034X 02571862 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/02571862.2005.10634714 |