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Effect of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cropping systems on soil and nutrient losses through runoff in a humic nitisol

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Title Effect of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cropping systems on soil and nutrient losses through runoff in a humic nitisol
 
Creator Nyawade, S.
 
Subject solanum tuberosum
cropping systems
potatoes
soil
 
Description Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the degree of Master of Science in
Land and Water Management, Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural
Technology, University of Nairobi.
A field study was carried out using runoff plots during the short and long rainy seasons of 2014 and 2015 respectively at the Field Station of Upper Kabete Campus, University of Nairobi. The objectives of the study were to assess the effect of soil surface roughness and potato cropping systems on soil loss and runoff, to determine the effect of erosion on nutrient enrichment ratio and to evaluate the SOM fraction most susceptible to soil erosion. The treatments comprised of Bare Soil (T1); Potato + Garden Pea (Pisum sativa) (T2); Potato + Climbing Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) (T3); Potato + Dolichos (Lablab purpureus) (T4) and Sole Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) (T5). Soil loss and runoff recorded in each event differed significantly between treatments (p
 
Date 2015
2021-10-29T19:40:18Z
2021-10-29T19:40:18Z
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Nyawade, S. (2016). Effect of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cropping systems on soil and nutrient losses through runoff in a humic nitisol. Kenya: University of Nairobi. 73 p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115748
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/8179
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format 73 p.
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