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Growth and yield responses of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) to inorganic and organic fertilizers in southern Malawi
- Source :
- Agroforestry Systems. 91:249-258
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Fertilizer trees, the nitrogen-fixing legumes, such as gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) and tephrosia (Tephrosia spp.) have been used to improve soil fertility for higher crop yields in nitrogen deficient soils. Many studies have focused on how these fertilizer trees improve maize yield, but there has been a dearth of information on the effect of fertilizer tree species on cotton growth and yield. A study was undertaken for two cropping seasons (2012/13 and 2013/14) with the objective of assessing IRM 81 cotton growth and yield responses to tephrosia and/or gliricidia biomass with or without inorganic fertilizer application. Boll opening significantly varied (P
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Lint
biology
Tephrosia
Crop yield
Fertilizer tree
food and beverages
Forestry
Intercropping
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
engineering.material
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
Gliricidia
Agronomy
040103 agronomy & agriculture
engineering
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Fertilizer
Agronomy and Crop Science
Gliricidia sepium
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15729680 and 01674366
- Volume :
- 91
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agroforestry Systems
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........cef8edb255d23362d58a8a576f4b6ff9