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Managing Nutrient
Cycles to Sustain Soil Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Edited by André
Bationo
Chapter
1 (397 kb): The African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility:
New Challenges and Opportunities
Part
I: Integrated Soil and Fertility Management
Chapter
2 (113 kb): Integrated Soil Fertility Management Research
at TSBF: The Framework, the Principles, and their Application
Chapter
3 (184 kb): Guidelines for Integration of Legumes into
the Farming Systems of East African Highlands
Chapter
4 (124 kb): Effect of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources
on Soil Mineral Nitrogen and Maize Yields in Western Kenya
Chapter
5 (100 kb): Long Term Effects of Mineral Fertilisers,
Phosphate Rock, Dolomite and Manure on the Characteristics
of an Ultisol and Maize Yield in Burkina Faso
Chapter
6 (196 kb): Changes in Soil Properties and their Effects
on Maize Productivity Following Sesbania Sesban and
Cajanus Cajan Improved Fallow Systems in Eastern Zambia
Chapter
7 (137 kb): Tillage Effects on Soil Organic Carbon and
Nitrogen Distribution in Particle Size Fractions of a Red
Clayey Soil Profile in Zimbabwe
Chapter
8 (136 kb): Combating Nutrient Depletion in East Africa—The
Work of the SWNM Program
Chapter
9 (143 kb): Effects of Farmyard Manure, Potassium and
their Combinations on Maize Yields in the High and Medium
rainfall Areas of Kenya
Chapter
10 (58 kb): Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer
Addition on Wheat Straw Carbon Decomposition in a Burundi
Acidic Soil
Chapter
11 (45 kb): Evaluation of Crop Availability of K and Mg
in Organic Materials under Greenhouse Conditions
Chapter
12 (116 kb): The Influence of Goat Manure Application
on Crop Yield and Soil Nitrate Variations in Semi-Arid Eastern
Kenya
Chapter
13 (52 kb): Managing Manures Throughout their Production
Cycle Enhances their Usefulness as Fertilisers: A Review
Chapter
14 (134 kb): Simulated Partitioning Coefficients for Manure
Quality Compared With Measured C:N Ratio Effects
Chapter
15 (128 kb): Nitrogen Fertilizer Equivalency Values for
Different Organic Materials Based on Maize Performance at
Kabete, Kenya
Chapter
16 (67 kb): Base Nutrient Dynamics and Productivity of
Sandy Soils Under Maize-Pigeonpea Rotational Systems in Zimbabwe
Chapter
17 (73 kb): Soil Organic Matter (SOM): The Basis for Improved
Crop Production in Arid and Semi-Arid Climates of Eastern
Kenya
Chapter
18 (63 kb): Response of Tephrosia vogelii to Minjingu
Phosphate Rock Application on a Ferralsol of Varying Soil
pH
Chapter
19 (190 kb): Decomposition of Organic Matter in Soil as
Influenced by Texture and Pore Size Distribution
Chapter
20 (125 kb): Soil Conservation and Fertility Improvement
Using Leguminous Shrubs in Central Highlands of Kenya: NARFP
Case Study
Chatper
21 (150 kb): The Relationship Between Nitrogen Mineralization
Patterns and Quality Indices of Cattle Manures from Different
Smallholder Farms in Zimbabwe
Chapter
22 (105 kb):Effect of Cattle Manure and N Fertiliser on
Nitrate Leaching Losses in Smallholder Maize Production Systems
of Zimbabwe Measured in Field Lysimeters
Chapter
23 (106 kb): Combined use of Tithonia diversifolia
and Inorganic Fertilizers for Improving Maize Production in
a Phosphorus Deficient Soil in Western Kenya
Chapter
24 (144 kb): Effect of Combining Organic and Inorganic
Phosphorus Sources on Maize Grain Yield in a humic-Nitosol
in Western Kenya
Chapter
25 (72 kb): Use of Organic and Inorganic Resources to
Increase Maize Yields in some Kenyan Infertile Soils: A Five-Year
Experience
Chapter
26 (53 kb): The Potential of Green Manures to Increase
Soil Fertility and Maize Yields in Malawi
Chapter
27 (82 kb): Effects of Ramial Chipped Wood and Litter
Compost of Casuarina Equisetifolia Tomato Growth and
Soil Properties in Niayes, Senegal
Chapter
28 (47 kb): The Use of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
for Amelioration of Ultisols in Ghana
Part
II: Belowground Biodiversity
Chapter
29 (62 kb): Assessment of Biomass Transfer from Green
Manure to Soil Macrofauna in Agroecosystem—Soil Macrofauna
Biomass
Chapter
30 (96 kb): Dual Inoculation of Woody Legumes and Phosphorus
Uptake from Insoluble Phosphate Rock
Chapter
31 (67 kb): Effect of Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhiza
(vam) Inoculation on Growth Performance of Senna spectabilis
Chapter
32 (119 kb): Soil Invertebrate Macrofauna Composition
within Agroforestry and Forested Ecosystems and their Role
in Litter Decomposition in Embu, Kenya
Chapter
33 (101 kb): Selection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
for Inoculating Maize and Sorghum Grown in Oxisol/Ultisol
and Vertisol in Cameroon
Chapter
34 (139 kb): Macrofaunal Abundance and Diversity in Selected
Farmer Perceived Soil Fertility Niches in Western Kenya
Part
III: Participatory Research and Scaling Up of Soil Fertility
Restoration Technologies
Chapter
35 (123 kb): Understanding Soil in its Social Context:
Integrating Social and Natural Science Research within AFNET
Chapter
36 (125 kb): Linking Research Results with Rural Development
Projects: Experiences from Southern Africa
Chapter
37 (50 kb): Economic Analysis of Non-Conventional Fertilizers
in Vihiga District, Western Kenya
Chapter
38 (56 kb): Early farmer evaluation of Integrated Nutrient
Management Technologies in Eastern Uganda
Chapter
39 (63 kb): Potential for Adoption of Legume Green Manure
on Smallholder Farms in Western Kenya
Chapter
40 (59 kb): The Profitability of Manure Use on Maize in
the Small-holder Sector of Zimbabwe
Chapter
41 (48 kb): Improved Food Production by Use of Soil Fertility
Amendment Strategies in The Central Highlands of Kenya
Chapter
42 (75 kb): Impact of Adopting Soil Conservation Practices
on Wheat Yield in Lesotho
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