Response of maize and cassava to potassium fertilization and alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia auriculiformis

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dc.creatorAkonde, T.P.
dc.creatorLeihner, D.E.
dc.creatorKang, B.
dc.date1995
dc.date2018-09-14T07:35:44Z
dc.date2018-09-14T07:35:44Z
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dc.descriptionField trials were carried out on a Dystric Nitosol at Calavi in the subhumid zone of southern Benin Republic, West Africa from 1989-1997. A split plot design with four replications was used. There were (our main plots: control (no hedgerow), Leucaena hedgerows, Acacia hedgerows and mixed Leucaena/Acacia hedgerows. Hedgerows were planted 4 m apart. Subplots consisted of three K rates (0, 37, 74 kg K ha-1). Maize and cassava were planted at populations of 40,000 and 10,000 plants ha-1, respectively. Plots received a basal dressing of 90 kg N ha-1 and 20 kg P ha-1. Maize and cassava showed significant responses to K fertilizer. Alley cropping with Acacia and Acacia/Leucaena mixed hedgerows gave lower maize and cassava root yields. In the third cropping year maize and cassava yields in no K plots were higher when alley cropped with Leucaena. It appeared that Leucaena prunings could provide enough K for higher maize and cassava yields.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114654
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceAkonde, T.P., Leihner, D.E. & Kang, B. (1995). Response of maize and cassava to potassium fertilization and alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia auriculiformis, Alley farming research and development: Conference Proceedings of an International Conference on alley farming, Ibadan, Nigeria, 14-18 September, 1992. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA, (p. 228-254).
dc.subjectacacia auriculiformis
dc.subjectalley cropping
dc.subjectcassava
dc.subjectleucaena leucocephala
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectpotassium response
dc.titleResponse of maize and cassava to potassium fertilization and alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and Acacia auriculiformis
dc.typeConference Paper

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