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Bibliothèque Ground cover by three crops cultivated on marginal lands in Southwestern Nigeria and implications for soil erosion

Ground cover by three crops cultivated on marginal lands in Southwestern Nigeria and implications for soil erosion

Ground cover by three crops cultivated on marginal lands in Southwestern Nigeria and implications for soil erosion

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Date of publication
Décembre 2007
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:ES2007002459
Pages
497-505

Resource-poor farmers in developing nations cultivate marginal lands, thereby exacerbating the problem of soil degradation through poor plant growth and ground coverage. An assessment of ground cover under such a practice will provide a guideline for soil conservation. Ground cover by leguminous cover crops (e.g., Mucuna pruriens, Pueraria phaseoloides and Vigna unguiculata), associated with yam, maize and rice was measured in three different experiments in southwestern Nigeria using beaded-string method while leaf area was measured using a flat-bed scanner. The leaf area was used in obtaining equivalent of ground cover fraction from the leaf area index. Ground cover by yam was

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Salako, F.K.
Olowokere, F.A.
Tian, G.
Kirchhof, G.
Osiname, O.

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