Niche-based assessment of contributions of legumes to the nitrogen economy of Western Kenya smallholder farms
By J. Ojiem, B. Vanlauwe, N. Ridder, K. Giller. Plant and Soil, 2007
141 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science
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In Agronomy and Crop Science
- E. S. Jensen
- H. Hauggaard-Nielsen
- M. Peoples
- R. Boddey
- F. Akinnifesi
- Olu Ajayi
- G. Sileshi
- I. Rochester
In Plant Science
- M. Peoples
- E. S. Jensen
- H. Hauggaard-Nielsen
- R. Boddey
- I. Rochester
- D. Herridge
- Olu Ajayi
- Roy R. Weil
Citations in the corpus
- The State of Soil Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Baselines, Trajectories, and Solutions (2015, background): “There is also a wealth of information on the benefits of specific practices such as short legume rotations (improved fallows) [152–158], agroforestry systems [159–165], and no-till systems [166–170].”
- The contributions of nitrogen-fixing crop legumes to the productivity of agricultural systems (2009, background): “... each year (Table 1; Herridge et aI., 2008), results in an annual removal of around 17 million t of N. One might expect some variation in the net returns of fixed N to soil as a result of local farming practices, the legume line used, or regional soil and climatic effects on the ability of differ”
- Meta-analysis of maize yield response to woody and herbaceous legumes in sub-Saharan Africa (2008, background): “The most common explanation was improvement in nutrient availability as a result of (1) N input by biological N2 fixation (BNF) (Adu-Gyamfi et al. 2007; Chikowo et al. 2004; Kaizzi et al. 2004; Ojiem et al. 2007; Wortmann and Kaizzi 2000), (2) retrieval of nutrients from below the rooting zone of ”
- Nitrogen contribution through Sesbania green manure and dual-purpose legumes in maize–wheat cropping system: agronomic and economic considerations (2009, background): “Dual-purpose legumes such as greengram (Vigna radiata) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) provide direct economic produce as well as stover which can be recycled to achieve a similar or somewhat lower effect as Sesbania green manuring (Roy and Ange 1991; Kaytal 1993 ;S hah et al.2003; Ojiem et al. 2006”