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Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop

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Title Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop
 
Creator Hauser, S.
 
Subject alley cropping
crops
nutrients
crop yield
southern
cameroon
 
Description To assess if the nutrient supply through planted tree fallows meets crop nutrient uptake and export, N, P, K, Ca and Mg uptake and export by a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop was compared with the nutrient uptake by three planted fallow systems (Senna spectabilis, Flemingia macrophylla, Dactyladenia barteri) and a no-tree control. Three cycles of two years fallow and one year cropping on Ultisol in southern Cameroon were studied. Fallows were slashed and burned. The fallow system had no consistent effect on nutrient uptake by individual crops. Crop nutrient uptake was most often highest in the S. spectabilis system. Nitrogen balances were generally negative due to N loss in the burn. Across three cropping cycles, the balance of fallow nutrient uptake versus total crop nutrient uptake was only in the S. spectabilis system positive for all nutrients. Nutrient export by all crops (mean of three years) was unaffected by fallow systems. The fallow nutrient uptake versus crop nutrient export balance was positive for all nutrients and systems. Planted fallows appear capable of acquiring sufficient nutrient stocks during fallow phases, covering the crops’ demand. Fallow N and K uptake and crop export declined with every fallow/cropping cycle.
 
Date 2020-02-23
2019-08-02T11:01:25Z
2019-08-02T11:01:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Hauser, S. (2019). Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 1-12.
0365-0340
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102400
https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2019.1616692
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 386-397
application/pdf
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science