Tithonia diversifolia as a green manure for soil fertility improvement in western Kenya: A review

By B. Jama, C. Palm, R. Buresh, A. Niang, C. Gachengo, G. Nziguheba, B. Amadalo. Agroforestry Systems, 2000

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science

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Citations in the corpus

• ENHANCING MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY USING ORGANIC INPUTS AND MINERAL FERTILIZER IN CENTRAL KENYA SMALL-HOLD FARMS (2013, background): “Other studies have reported more than 50% increase in maize grain yields above the no-input treatment following application of Tithonia diversifolia in the soil compared to the control (Jama et al., 2000; Mucheru-Muna et al., 2007; Nziguheba and Mutuo 2000).”
• Mycorrhizas and tropical soil fertility (2006, background): “) Gray (Jama et al., 2000; Phiri et al., 2003) is based on their efficacy of mining nutrients.”
• Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: A quantitative synthesis (2012, result): “Mulching performed better when the rainfall is less than 600 mm agreeing with the findings of some authors whoworked on biomass transfer systems and showed large increases in crop and/or vegetation production where tree leaf litter was added (Mando et al., 1999; Jama et al., 2000).”
• Combining Tithonia diversifolia and fertilizers for maize production in a phosphorus deficient soil in Kenya (2004, background): “Large amounts of Tithonia are not only difficult to produce but also require much labour for cutting, carrying and incorporating (Jama et al. 2000).”
• MAIZE YIELDS RESPONSE TO APPLICATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC INPUT UNDER ON-STATION AND ON-FARM EXPERIMENTS IN CENTRAL KENYA (2009, background): “For example, in Western Kenya, yield increase of up to 200% was reported following application of tithonia biomass (Gachengo et al., 1999; Jama et al., 2000), while in central Kenya increases in maize yield with application of tithonia, calliandra and leucaena biomass has been reported (Kimetu et…”
• Phosphorus mobilization in agroforestry: Organic anions, phosphatase activity and phosphorus fractions in the rhizosphere (2004, background): “Addition of Prich litter to maize crops systems has been recently examined, particularly of the composite Tithonia diversifolia (Jama et al., 2000).”
• Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of the leaf biomass of the wild sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia): a comparative study with four leguminous agroforestry species (2011, background): “The N, P and K levels of T. diversifolia recorded in this study were comparable to the observations of Jama et al. (2000) who confirmed high nutrient composition values of T. diversifolia green manure in comparison with six different agroforestry species used in soil fertility improvement practices…”