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Modelling Nutrient Management in Tropical Cropping Systems

ACIAR Workshop Proceedings.

For further information contact: Robert Delve


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Contents, Preface, Introduction

Invited Papers

1. The Multiple Roles of Organic Resources in Implementing Integrated Soil Fertility
Management Strategies
, Bernard Vanlauwe and Nteranya Sanginga

 

2. Modelling Release of Nutrients from Organic Resources Using APSIM, M.E. Probert and J.P. Dimes


3. Linking Simulation Modelling to Participatory Research in Smallholder
Farming Systems
, Peter Carberry, Christy Gladwin and Steve Twomlow

 

 

Characterisation of Organic Sources, and Relevance to Model Parameterisation

 

1. Chemical Characterisation of a Standard Set of Organic Materials, Catherine N. Gachengo, Bernard Vanlauwe, Cheryl A. Palm and George Cadisch

 

2. Mineralisation Patterns of Selected Organic Materials, Catherine N. Gachengo, Bernard Vanlauwe and Cheryl A. Palm

 

3. The In Vitro Dry Matter (IVDMD) Digestibility Method, Edmundo Barrios


4. Predicting Decomposition Rates of Organic Resources Using Near Infrared
Spectroscopy
, Keith D. Shepherd


5. Analysis of Organic Resource Quality for Parameterisation of Simulation Models, B. Vanlauwe

 


Simulating N and P Release from Organic Sources


1. The APSIM Manure Module: Improvements in Predictability and Application to
Laboratory Studies
, M.E. Probert, R.J. Delve, S.K. Kimani and J.P. Dimes

 

2. Evaluation of APSIM to Simulate Maize Response to Manure Inputs in Wet and
Dry Regions of Zimbabwe
, P. Chivenge, J. Dimes, N. Nhamo, J.K. Nzuma and H.K. Murwira

 

3. A Capability in APSIM to Model Phosphorus Responses in Crops, M.E. Probert

 

4. Testing the APSIM Model with Data from a Phosphorus and Nitrogen Replenishment Experiment on an Oxisol in Western Kenya, J. Kinyangi, R.J. Delve and M.E. Probert


5. Testing the APSIM Model with Experimental Data from the Long-term Manure
Experiment at Machang'a (Embu), Kenya
, A.N. Micheni, F.M. Kihanda, G.P. Warren and M.E. Probert


6. Evaluation of APSIM to Simulate Plant Growth Response to Applications of
Organic and Inorganic N and P on an Alfisol and Vertisol in India
, J.P. Dimes and S. Revanuru


7. Soil Phosphorus Dynamics, Acquisition and Cycling in Crop-Pasture-Fallow
Systems in Low Fertility Tropical Soils: a Review from Latin America, I.M. Rao, E. Barrios
, E. Amézquita, D.K. Friesen, R. Thomas, A. Oberson and B.R. Singh

 

Summary

 

Improved Capabilities in Modelling and Recommendations: Summary, R.J. Delve, M.E. Probert and J.P. Dimes


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