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Effect of Taking a Fodder Crop on Maize Grain Yield and Soil Chemical Properties in Leucaena and Gliricidia Alley Farming Systems in Western Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. Larbi ,
M. A. Jabbar ,
A. N. Atta-Krah  and
J. Cobbina
A. Larbi
Affiliation:
International Livestock Centre for Africa, Humid Zone Program, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria
M. A. Jabbar
Affiliation:
International Livestock Centre for Africa, Humid Zone Program, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria
A. N. Atta-Krah
Affiliation:
International Livestock Centre for Africa, Humid Zone Program, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria
J. Cobbina
Affiliation:
International Livestock Centre for Africa, Humid Zone Program, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Summary

The effect of managing hedgerow foliage for mulch and fodder in Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium alley farming systems on maize grain yield and soil chemical characteristics was studied in on-station and on-farm experiments in southwestern Nigeria. Yields increased as the proportion of mulch applied increased but the extra increases obtained when more than half the foliage was applied as mulch were relatively small, suggesting that half the foliage may be removed as feed without detrimental effect. Soil organic carbon, nitrogen and available phosphorus tended to increase with increasing proportion of prunings applied as mulch.

Follaje para ‘mulch’ y forraje en la agricultura de sendero

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 317 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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