TSBF Institute - Africa
Refereed Journal Articles
(published in 2005)
Chianu,
J., N. and Hiroshi, T. 2005. Integrated nutrient management
in the farming systems of the savannas of northern Nigeria:
what future? Outlook on Agriculture 34: 197-202.
Diouf
D., Duponnois, R. Ba AT, Neyra, M. and Lesueur, D. 2005. Influence
of rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses on growth and mineral
nutrition of Acacia auriculiformis and Acacia mangium
under salt stress conditions. Functional Plant Biology 32:
1143-1152.
Esilaba,
A.O., Nyende, P., Nalukenge, G., Byalebeka, J., Delve, R.J.
and Ssali, H. 2005. Resource flows and nutrient balances in
smallholder farming systems in Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 109: 192-201.
Esilaba,
A.O., Byalebeka, G., Delve, R.J., Okalebo, J.R., Ssenyange,
D., Balule, M. and Ssali, H. 2005. On-farm testing of integrated
nutrient management strategies in Eastern Uganda. Agricultural
Systems 86: 144-165.
Lesueur,
D. and Duponnois, R. 2005. Relations between rhizobial nodulation
and root colonization of Acacia crassicarpa provenances
by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus intraradices
Schenk and Smith or an ectomycorrhizal fungus, Pisolithus
tinctorius Coker & Couch. Annals of Forest Sciences,
62: 467-474.
Mando,
A., Ouattara, B., Sédogo, M., Stroosnijder, L., Ouattara,
K., Brussaard, L., and Vanlauwe, B. 2005. long-term effect
of tillage and manure application on soil organic fractions
and crop performance under Sudano-Sahelian conditions. Soil
& Tillage Reearch 80: 95-101.
Probert,
M.E., Delve, R.J., Kimani, S.K. and Dimes, J.P. 2005 Modelling
nitrogen mineralization from organic sources: representing
quality aspects by varying C:N ratios of sub-pools. Soil Biology
and Biochemistry 37: 279-287.
Ramisch,
J.J. 2005. Inequality, agro-pastoral exchanges, and soil fertility
gradients in Southern Mali. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment
105: 353-372.
Sarr,
A., Diop, B., Peltier, R. Neyra, M., Lesueur, D.2005. Effect
of rhizobial inoculation methodologies and host plant provenances
on nodulation and growth of Acacia senegal and Acacia
nilotica. New Forests 29: 75-87.
Sarr,
A., Neyra, M., Oihabi, A., Houeibib, M.A., Ndoye, I. and Lesueur,
D. 2005. Characterization of native rhizobial populations
presents in soils from natural forests of Acacia senegal
and Acacia nilotica in Trarza and Gorgol regions from
Mauritania. Microbial Ecology 50: 152-162.
Tittonell,
P., Vanlauwe, B. Leffelaar, P. A., Rowe, E. and Giller, K.E.
2005. Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of
smallholder farms in western Kenya. I. Heterogeneity at region
and farm scale. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 110:
149-165.
Tittonell,
P., Vanlauwe, B., Leffelaar, P.A., Shepherd, K.D. and Giller,
K.E. 2005 Exploring diversity in soil fertility management
of smallholder farms in Western Kenya. II. Within farm variability
in resource allocation, nutrient flows and soil fertility
status. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 110: 166-184.
Vanlauwe,
B., Aihou, K., Tossah, B.K., Diels, J., Sanginga, N. and Merckx,
R. 2005. Senna siamea trees recycle Ca from a Ca-rich subsoil
and increase the topsoil pH in agroforestry systems in the
West African derived savanna zone. Plant and Soil 269: 285-296.
Vanlauwe,
B., Gachengo, C., Shepherd, K., Barrios, E., Cadisch, G. and
Palm, C.A. 2005. Laboratory validation of a resource quality-based
conceptual framework for organic matter management. Soil Science
Society of America Journal 69: 1135-1145.
Vanlauwe,
B., Diels, J., Sanginga, N. and Merckx, R. 2005. Long-term
integrated soil fertility management in South-western Nigeria:
crop performance and impact on the soil fertility status.
Plant and Soil 273: 337-354.
Refereed Journal Articles
(in press)
Barrios,
E., Delve, R.J., Bekunda, M., Mowo, J., Agunda, J., Ramisch
J., Thomas, R.J. 2006. Indicators of Soil Quality: A South-South
development of a methodological guide for linking local and
technical knowledge. Geoderma (in press).
Chianu,
J., Hiroshi, T., and Awange, J. 2006. Environmental impact
of agricultural production practices in the savannas of northern
Nigeria. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment 4
(in press).
Kimetu,
J.M., Mugendi, D.N, Bationo, A., Palm, C.A., Mutuo, P.K.,
Kihara, J, Nandwa, S. and Giller K. 2006. Tracing the fate
of nitrogen in a humic nitisol under different management
practices in Kenya. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (in
press).
Mafongoya,
P.L. and Bationo, A. 2006. Appropriate available technologies
to replenish soil fertility in southern Africa. Submitted
to Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems. Nutrient Cycling in
Agroecosystems (in press).
Odendo,
M., Ojiem, J., Bationo, A. and Mudeheri, M. 2006. On-Farm
Economic Evaluation and Scaling-up of Soil Fertility Management
Technologies in Western Kenya. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
(in press).
Okalebo,
J.R., Othieno, C.O., Karanja, N.K., Semoka, J.R.M., Bekunda,
M.A., Mugendi, D.N., Woomer P.L. and Bationo, A. 2006. Appropriate
available technologies to replenish soil fertility in Eastern
and Central Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (in
press).
Ouattara,
B., Ouattara, K. and Serpantié, G., Mando, A., Sédogo,
M. and Bationo, A. 2006. Intensity cultivation induced-effects
on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamic in the western cotton area
of Burkina Faso. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (in press).
Schlecht,
E., Buerkert, A., Tielkes, E. and Bationo, A. 2006. A critical
analysis of challenges and opportunities for soil fertility
restoration in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa. Nutrient Cycling
in Agroecosystems (in press).
Shepherd,
K.D., Vanlauwe, B., Gachengo, C.N. and Palm, C.A. 2006. Decomposition
and mineralization of organic resources predicted using near
infrared spectroscopy. Plant and Soil (in press).
Tittonell,
P., Leffelaar, P.A., Vanlauwe, B., van Wijk, M.T. and Giller,
K.E. 2005. Exploring diversity of crop and soil management
within smallholder African farms: a dynamic model for simulation
of nutrient (N) balances and use efficiencies at field scale.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (in press).
Vanlauwe,
B. and Giller, K.E. 2006. Popular myths around soil fertility
management in sub-Saharan Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
(in press).
Vanlauwe,
B., Tittonell, P. and Mukalama, J. 2006. Within-farm soil
fertility gradients affect response of maize to fertilizer
application in western Kenya. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
(in press).
Refereed Journal Articles
(in review)
Amede,
T. and Bekele, A. 2006. Niches for Integration of Green Manures
and Risk Management through Growing Maize Cultivar Mixtures
in Southern Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Agronomy and Crop
Science (in review).
Amede,
T. and Delve, R.J. 2006. Improved decision making for achieving
the Triple Benefits of Food Security, Income and Environmental
Services through Modeling Cropping Systems in Ethiopian Highlands.
Agricultural Systems (in review).
Amede,
T. and Delve, R.J. 2006. Improved decision making for achieving
triple benefits of food security, income and environmental
services through modeling cropping systems in Ethiopian Highlands
Agricultural Systems (in review).
Amede,
T. and Taboge, E. 2006. Optimizing Soil Fertility Gradients
in the Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Systems of the Ethiopian
Highlands: Trade-offs and Local Innovations. Nutrient Cycling
and Agroecosystems (in review).
Zingore,
S., Gonzalez-Estrada, E., Delve, R. J.and Giller, K.E. 2006.
Evaluation of resource management options for smallholder
farms using an integrated modelling approach. Agricultural
Systems (in review)
Zingore,
S., Murwira, H.K., Delve, R.J. and Giller, K.E. 2006. Influence
of nutrient management strategies on variability of soil fertility,
crop yields and nutrient balances on smallholder farms in
Zimbabwe. Agricultural Systems (in review)
Zingore,
S., Murwira, H. K., Delve, R.J. and Giller, K.E. 2006. Soil
type, historical management and current resource allocation:
three dimensions regulating variability of maize yields and
nutrient use efficiencies on smallholder farms. Agriculture
Ecosystems and Environment (in review).
Book Chapters
Amede,
T. and Taboge, E. 2006. Optimizing Soil Fertility Gradients
in the Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Systems of the Ethiopian
Highlands: Trade-offs and Local Innovations. In: Bationo et
al., 2006 (Forthcoming), from the Yaundee Conference.
Bationo
A., Kihara, J., Vanlauwe, B., Kimetu, J. and Sahrawat, K.L.
2006. Integrated nutrient management - Concepts and experience
from SSA. (in press).
Feig,
G., Scholes, M., Otter, L. and Vanlauwe, B. 2005. Nitrogen
in Africa. Start funded IGBP Africa global change synthesis
book.
Giller,
K., Bignell, D., Lavelle, P., Swift, M., Barrios, E., Moreira,
F., van Noordwijk, M., Barois, I., Karanja, N. and Huising,
J. 2005. Soil diversity in rapidly changing tropical landscapes:
scaling down and scaling up. In: Bardgett E., M. Usher, D.
Hopkins (Eds.) Biological Diversity and Function of Soils,
pp.295-318. Cambridge University Press.
Nandwa
S. M., Bationo, A. Obanyi, S.N., Rao, I.M., Sanginga, N. and
Vanlauwe, B. 2006. Inter and intra-specific variation of legumes
and mechanisms to access and adapt to less available soil
phosphorus and rock phosphate. In: A. Bationo (Ed) Fighting
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Multiple Roles of Legumes
in Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Springer-Verlag,
New York (in press).
Swift,
M.J., Stroud, A., Shepherd, K., Albrecht, A., Bationo, A.,
Mafongoya, P., Place, F., Tomich, T.P., Vanlauwe, B., Verchot,
L. and Walsh, M. 2006. Confronting land degradation in Africa:
Challenges for the next decade. ICRAF 25th Anniversary proceedings,
Nairobi, Kenya (in press).
Tabo,
R., Bationo, A., Kandji, S., Waswa, B.S. and Kihara, J. 2006.
Global Change and Food Systems in Africa. (in press).
Vanlauwe,
B., Ramisch, J. and Sanginga, N. 2006. Integrated soil fertility
management in Africa: from knowledge to implementation. In:
N Uphoff et al (Eds), Biological Approaches to Sustainable
Soil Systems. CRC Press, USA (in press).
Book Edited
Ramakrishnan, P.S., Saxena, K.G., Swift, M.J., Rao, K.S.,
Maikhuri, R.K. (eds.). 2005. Soil biodiversity, ecological
processes and landscape management. Oxford & IBH Publishing,
New Delhi, IN. 302 p.
Articles in Conference
Proceedings
Adamou,
A., Bationo, A., Tabo, R. and Koala, S. 2006. Improving soil
fertility through the use of organic and inorganic plant nutrient
and crop rotation in Niger. Springer (in press).
Amede,
T., Mengistu, S. and Roothaert, R. 2006. Intensification of
Livestock Feed Production in Ethiopian Highlands: Potentials
and Experiences of the African Highlands Initiative. Proceeding
of the Ethiopian Veterinary Society (in press).
Baaru,
M.W., Mugendi, D.N., Batiano, A., Louis, V. and Waceke, W.
2006. Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen as Influenced
by Organic and Inorganic Fertilisation in Kenya. Springer
(in press).
Bado,
B., Bationo, A., Lompo, F.; Cescas M.P. and Sedoso M.P. 2006.
Mineral fertilizers, organic amendments and crop rotation
managements for soil fertility maintenance in the Guinean
zone of Burkina Faso (West Africa). Springer (in press).
Bationo,
A, Kihara, J., Waswa, B. and Vanlauwe, B. 2005. Technologies
for Sustainable Management of Sandy Sahelian Soils. Keynote
paper- Proceedings paper presented during workshop, 24th-3rd
December 2005 in Khon Khaen Thailand.
Bationo,
A., Kihara, J., Waswa, B., Ouattara, B. and Vanlauwe, B. 2005.
Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies for Sustainable
Management of Sandy Sahelian Soils. Proceedings of the International
Symposium on 'The management of tropical sandy soils for sustainable
agriculture- a holistic approach for sustainable development
of problem soils in the tropics', November 2005, Khon Kaen,
Thailand.
Chianu,
J.N., Tsujii, H., Manyong, V.M. and Okoth, P.F. 2005. Crop-livestock
interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: Nature and determinants
of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance.
An invited paper presented at the 4th All Africa Conference
on Animal Agriculture, September 20-24th, 2005, Arusha International
Conference Centre. To appear in Conference proceedings
Delve,
R.J. and Hauser, M. Strengthening competitiveness through
research: Enabling rural innovation in smallholder organic
in Uganda. Poster presented at the 15th IFOAM Organic World
Congress 2005. Shaping Sustainable Systems. Adelaide, Australia,
20-23rd September 2005.
Delve,
R.J., Hauser, M., Ssebunya, B., Mulindwa, J., Byandala, S.
2005. Strengthening the Competitiveness of Organic Agriculture
in Africa through Linking Farmers to Service Providers and
Exporters. In: Eric Tielkes, Christian Halsebusch, Inga Hauser,
Andreas Deininger, Klaus Becker: Tropentag 2005 - The Global
Food & Product Chain - Dynamics, Innovations, Conflicts,
Strategies, October 11-13, 2005, University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, 488; MDD Media Digitaldruck Copy Shop Baromaschinen
GmbH Stuttgart, ISBN: 3-00-017063-4.
Desallegn,
G. and Amede, T. 2005. Land degradation in Ethiopian Highlands:
Major causes, development attempts and future deliberations.
Presented in the 17th Symposium of the International Farming
Systems Association, Rome, Nov. 17-20.
Kaya,
B., Niang, A., Tabo, R. and Bationo, A. 2006. Performance
de diverses espèces agroforestières en jachère
améliorée de courte durée et leurs effets
sur la fertilité des sols et les rendements du sorgho
au Mali. Springer (in press).
Kihara,
J., Kimetu, J.M., Vanlauwe, B., Bationo, A. and Mukalama,
J. 2006. Increasing land productivity and optimising benefits
through nitrogen and phosphorus management in legume-cereal
rotations in western Kenya. Springer (in press).
Kimani,
S.K., Esilaba, A.O., Odera, M.M., Kimenye, L., Vanlauwe, B.
and Bationo, A. 2006. Effects of organic and mineral sources
of nutrients on maize yields in three districts of central
Kenya. Springer (in press).
Kimiti,
J.M., Esilaba, A.O., Vanlauwe, B. and Bationo, A. 2006. Participatory
Diagnosis in the Eastern Drylands of Kenya: Are Farmers aware
of Their Soil Fertility Status? Springer (in press).
Mekonnen,
K., Amede, T., Kidane, B., and Alebachew, M. 2005. Experiences
of AHI in participatory technology development and dissemination
at Galessa, Ethiopia. pp.57-67. In: Proceedings of a workshop
on "Farmer Research Groups: Concepts and Practices".
EARO-OARI, JICA Cooperation.
Miriti,
J.M., Esilaba, A.O., Kihumba, J. and Bationo, A.:2006.Tied-ridging
and integrated nutrient management options for sustainable
crop production in semi-arid Eastern Kenya. Springer (in press).
Okoth,
P.F. 2005. Project Data Sharing and Intellectual Property
Rights: The Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below
Ground Biodiversity Project' by in the Annual Meeting of the
CSM-BGBD Project in Manaus Brazil, April 2005. Paper to be
published in the technical proceedings of the BGBd project
annual meeting transactions.
Okoth,
P.F., Oketch, P.A. and Kimani, P.K. The use of erosion proxies
for the spatial assessment of erosion in a watershed and modelling
the erosion risk in a GIS. Paper to be published in the proceedings
of the Yaounde Workshop and published as a book.
Tabo,
R., Tarawali, S.A., Singh, B.B., Bationo, A., Traore, B.,
Traore, M.D., Don-Gomma, Odion, A.E.C., Nokoe, S., Harris,
F., Manyong, V. M., Fernandez-Rivera, S., de Haan, N. and
Smith, J.W. 2005. Enhancing the productivity and sustainability
of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in the dry savannahs
of West Africa. (Omaya, G.O. and Pasternak, D. (eds.), Sustainable
agriculture systems for the drylands. Proceedings of the international
symposium for sustainable dryland agriculture systems, 2-5
December 2003, Niamey, Niger ICRISAT, pp.271-285.
Tabo,
R., Bationo, A., Bruno, G., Ndjeunga, J., Marcha, D., Amadou,
B., Annou, M.G., Sogodogo, D., Sibiry Taonda, J.B., Ousmane
H, Maimouna K. Diallo and Koala, S. 2005. Improving the productivity
of sorghum and millet and farmers income using a strategic
application of fertilizers in West Africa. Springer (in press).
Tabu,
I.M., Bationo, A., Obura, R.K. and Khaemba, J.M. 2006. Effect
of rock phosphate, lime and green manure on growth and yield
of maize in a non productive niche of a rhodic ferralsol in
farmer's fields. Springer (in press).
Vanlauwe,
B. 2005. Managing organic inputs for enhancing biological
and physico-chemical soil health in the West African savannas.
Proceedings of the International Symposium on 'The management
of tropical sandy soils for sustainable agriculture- a holistic
approach for sustainable development of problem soils in the
tropics', November 2005, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Vanlauwe,
B., Sanginga, N., Diels, J. and Merckx, R. 2005. Case studies
related to the management of soil acidity in the West African
moist savanna. In: TECDOC on Acid Savanna Soils. International
Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
Oral/Poster Presentations
at Conferences
Amede,
T. 2005. Development of Tools and Methods for Promoting Integrated
Natural Resource Management in East African Highlands. In
IPMS/ILRI meeting for Research and Development Officers. Oct
20, 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Amede,
T. 2005. Integrated nutrient management in systems perspective:
regional experiences. CIAT-PABRA workshop, Oct 30-Nov 4, 2005,
Mukono, Uganda.
Amede,
T. 2005. Integrating natural resource management into farmers'
production objectives in East African Highlands. Scientific
Seminar no. 8. International Livestock research Institute
(ILRI). July 3, 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Amede,
T; Mengistu S; Roothaert R, 2005. Intensification of livestock
feed production in Ethiopian Highlands: Potential and Experiences
of the African Highlands Initiative 19th EVA Annual conference,
8 June 2005, ECA, Addis Ababa.
Bationo,
A. 2005. Available Technologies for soil fertility replenishment
in East, West and Southern Africa: presentation made during
an IAEA workshop on Combating drought held in Nairobi, October
2005.
Bationo,
A. 2005. Combining rainwater and nutrient management strategies
to increase crop production and prevent soil degradation in
the Desert Margins of Africa. Presentation given during DMP
evaluation meeting in South Africa in May 2005.
Bationo,
A., Sanginga, N., Kimetu, J., Kihara, J. 2005. From Knowledge
to implementation: The challenge of the African Network for
Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet).
Bationo,
A. 2005. Progress Report of TSBF Activities in West Africa.
Bationo,
A. 2005. Promoting use of Indigenous Phosphate Rock for Soil
Fertility "Recapitalization" in the Sahel. Presentation
made during the launch of CORAF Funded projects in West Africa.
Bationo,
A. 2005. The Collaboration between Jordforsk and the African
Network for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet) of TSBF Institute
of CIAT. Presentation made in Norway during a visit to enhance
TSBF-JORDFORSK collaboration.
Bationo,
A., Kihara J., Kimetu, J. and Waswa, B. 2005. The role of
the African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet)
in training and capacity development of young researchers
in Africa. Presentation given in Rwanda in February 2005 during
training needs assessment for Rwanda workshop.
Chianu,
J.N., Tsujii, H., Manyong, V.M. and Okoth, P.F. 2005. Crop-livestock
interaction in the savannas of Nigeria: Nature and determinants
of farmer decision to use manure for soil fertility maintenance'
an invited paper presented at the 4th All Africa Conference
on Animal Agriculture, September 20-24th, 2005, Arusha International
Conference Centre.
Delve,
R.J., Ssebunya, B., Mulindwa, J., Byandala, S., Hauser, M.
2005. Strengthening competitiveness through research: How
rural innovations support market-led organic agriculture in
Uganda. Paper presented at the conference on 'A critical look
at the role of research in achieving the Millennium Development
Goals'. The Commission for Development Studies, Vienna, November
29th 2005.
Kaaria,
S. and Delve, R.J. 2005. Developing Innovative Partnerships
for Effective Research for Development Initiatives: A case
study of Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) in Africa. Paper
presented at the IFAD conference on 'What are the innovations
needed for rural development'. Rome, Italy, November 15-17th
2005.
Sanginga,
N., Vanlauwe, B., and Bationo, A. 2005. Evaluation of long
term agroforestry: Nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency
in the derived savanna in West Africa. Presentation given
in Vienna, April 2005, during an Agro-forestry workshop.
Sanginga,
N. and Bationo A. 2005. TSBFI-CIAT: The New Challenge: Strategy
Direction (presented at AfNet FPR-SU training workshop held
in Nairobi, Kenya, 19-30th September 2005. Made for a second
time during an IAEA workshop on Combating drought held in
Nairobi, October 2005.
Verma,
R. 2005. Impact of Collective Action on Gender Relations ,
CAPRi Workshop, Gender and Collective Action, Chiang Mai,
Thailand.
Verma,
R. 2005. What is Participatory and What is Not?, Power Point
Presentation and Participatory Exercise, AFNET Training Workshop
on Participatory Research and Scaling Up, Nairobi, Kenya.
Verma,
R. 2005. Gender Issues in Cross-Cultural Participatory Research,
Power Point Presentation and Participatory Exercise, AFNET
Training Workshop on Participatory Research and Scaling Up,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Verma,
R. 2005. Interdisciplinary Respect, Power Point Presentation
and Participatory Exercise, AFNET Training Workshop on Participatory
Research and Scaling Up, Nairobi, Kenya.
TSBF Institute - Latin America
Refereed Journal Articles
(published in 2005)
Barrios,
E., Cobo, J.G., Rao, I.M., Thomas, R.J., Amézquita,
E. and Jiménez, J.J. 2005. Fallow management for soil
fertility recovery in tropical Andean agroecosystems in Colombia.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 110: 29-42.
Chen,
W.M., de Faria, S.M., Straliotto, R., Pitard, R.M., Simoes-Araujo,
J.L., Chou, J.H., Chou, Y.J., Barrios, E., Prescott, A.R.,
Elliot, G.N., Sprent, J.I., Young, J.P.W,.James, E.K. 2005.
Proof that Burkholderia strains form effective symbioses with
legumes: a study of novel Mimosa-nodulating strains from South
America. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 7461-7471.
Rangel,
A.F., Mobin, M., Rao, I.M. and Horst, W.J. 2005. Proton toxicity
interferes with the screening of common bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris L.) for aluminum resistance in nutrient solution.
J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 168: 607-616.
Thierfelder,
C., Amézquita E., Stahr, K. 2005. Effects of intensifying
organic manuring and tillage practices on penetration resistance
and infiltration rate. Soil and Tillage Research 82: 211-226.
Tscherning,
K., Barrios, E., Peters, M., Lascano, C. and Schultze-Kraft,
R. 2005. Effects of post harvest treatment on aerobic decomposition
and anaerobic in-vitro digestion of tropical legumes with
contrasting quality. Plant and Soil 269: 159-170.
Vanlauwe,
B., Gachengo, C., Shepherd, K., Barrios, E., Cadisch, G.,
and Palm, C.A. 2005. Laboratory validation of a resource quality-based
conceptual framework for organic matter management. Soil Science
Society of America Journal 69: 1135-1145.
Velásquez,
E., Lavelle, P., Barrios, E., Joffre, R. and Reversat, F.
2005. Evaluating soil quality in tropical agroecosystems of
Colombia using NIRS. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37: 889-898.
Wagatsuma,
T., Khan, M.S.H., Rao, I.M., Wenzl, P., Tawaraya, K., Yamamoto,
T., Kawamura, T., Hosogoe, K. and Ishikawa, S. 2005. Methylene
blue stainability of root-tip protoplasts can serve as an
indicator of aluminum tolerance in a wide range of plant species,
cultivars and lines. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 51:
991-998.
Refereed Journal Articles
(in press)
Barrios,
E., Delve, R., Bekunda, M., Mowo, J., Agunda, J., Ramisch,
J., Trejo, M.T., Thomas, R.J. 2006. Indicators of Soil Quality:
A South-South development of a methodological guide for linking
local and technical knowledge. Geoderma (in press).
Basamba,
T. A., Amézquita, E., Singh, B.R. and Rao, I.M. 2006.
Effects of tillage systems on soil physical properties, root
distribution and maize yield on a Colombian acid-savanna Oxisol.
Acta Agric. Scand. (in press).
Basamba,
T. A., Barrios, E., Amézquita, E., Rao, I.M. and Singh,
B.R. 2006. Influence of tillage on soil organic matter and
phosphorus fractions and maize yield in crop and pasture systems
of Colombian savanna Oxisols. Soil and Tillage Res. (in press).
Gómez-Carabalí,
A., Rao, I.M., Beck, R.F. and Ortiz, M. 2006. Rooting ability
and nutrient uptake by tropical forage species that are adapted
to degraded Andisols of hillsides agroecosystem. Acta Facultatis
Ecologie Vol. 12 (in press).
Rubiano,
J., Quintero, M., Estrada, R.D., Moreno, A. 2006. Mult-scale
Análisis for Promoting Integrated Watresheet Management.
Water International. Special Issue on Scales and Water Resources
Management (in press).
Watanabe,
T., Osaki, M., Yano, H. and Rao, I.M. 2006. Internal mechanisms
of plant adaptation to aluminum toxicity and phosphorus starvation
in three tropical forages. J. Plant Nutrition (in press).
Refereed Journal Articles
(in review)
Ayarza,
M., Barrios, E., Rao, I., Amézquita, E. and Rondón,
M. 2006. Advances in improving agricultural profitability
and overcoming land degradation in savanna and hillside agroecosystems
of tropical America. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (in
review).
Basamba,
T. A., Barrios, E., Singh, B.R. and Rao, I.M. 2006. Impact
of planted fallows and a crop rotation on nitrogen mineralization
and phosphorus and organic matter fractions on a Colombian
volcanic-ash soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (in
review).
Cobo
J.G., Barrios, E. Rao, I.M. 2005. Response of maize yield
after planted fallow agroforestry systems with slash/mulch
management in tropical hillsides of Colombia. Agroforestry
Systems (in review).
Hausler,
K., Rao, I.M., Schultze-Kraft, R. and Marschner H. 2006. Shoot
and root growth of two tropical grasses, Brachiaria ruziziensis
and B. dictyoneura as influenced by aluminum toxicity
and phosphorus deficiency in a sandy loam Oxisol of the eastern
plains of Colombia. Trop. Grasslands (in review).
Reyes,
J.T., Barrios, E. and Sánchez de Prager, M. 2005. Quantitative
evaluation of the soil aggregation potential by external hyphae
of arbuscular mycorrhizae in volcanic ash tropical soils.
Pedobiologia (in review).
Rondón,
M, Hurtado, M., Ramírez, J. and Lehmann, J. 2006. Biological
nitrogen fixation by common beans increases with biochar additions.
Biol. Fert. Soils (in review).
Sevilla,
F., Oberthur, T. and Barrios, E. 2006. Soil macroinvertebrates
as affected by land use, topography, and sampling depth in
a tropical micro-watershed in the Colombian Andes. Biology
and Fertility of Soils (in review).
Subbarao,
I., G.O., Barry, W., Sahrawat, K.L., Rondón, M., Rao,
I.M., Nakahara, K., Ishikawa, T. and Suenaga, K. 2006. Scope
and Strategies for Regulation of Nitrification in Agricultural
Systems - Challenges and Opportunities. Critical Reviews in
Plant Sciences (in review).
Winklerprins,
A.M.G.A., Barrios, E. 2006. Ethnopedology along the Amazon
and Orinoco Rivers: A convergence of knowledge and practice.
Soil Use and Management (in review).
Refereed Book Chapters
Barrios
E. 2005. Soil Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Land Productivity.
In: M. Zoebisch, (Ed.) Applied Natural Resources Management.
Volume I - Agrodiversity and Land Productivity: Options for
Development. World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
(WASWC) and German Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture
(DITSL). Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA. (in press)
Cerri,
C., Feller, C., Cerri, Jr. C. and Rondón, M. 2005.
Potential of soil carbon sequestration in Amazonian tropical
rainforest. In: Potential to sequester Carbon in soils from
latinamerica. (Lal, R., Kimble, J., eds). In press by The
Harworth Press Inc.
Giller,
K., Bignell, D., Lavelle, P., Swift, M., Barrios, E., Moreira,
F., van Noordwijk, M., Barois, I., Karanja, N. and Huising,
J. 2005. Soil diversity in rapidly changing tropical landscapes:
scaling down and scaling up. In: Bardgett E., M.Usher, D.Hopkins
(Eds.) Biological Diversity and Function of Soils, pp 295-318.
Cambridge University Press.
Murdiyarso,
D., Brown S., Coto O., Drexhage J., Forner C., Kanninen M.,
Lipper L., North N., Robledo C. and Rondón M. 2005.
Linkages between mitigation and adaptation in land use change
and forestry activities. Elsevier Pub. (in press).
Nandwa
S. M., Bationo A., Obanyi S. N., Rao I.M, Sanginga N. and
Vanlauwe B. 2006. Inter and intra-specific variation of legumes
and mechanisms to access and adapt to less available soil
phosphorus and rock phosphate. In: A. Bationo (Ed) Fighting
Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Multiple Roles of Legumes
in Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Springer-Verlag,
New York (in press).
Oberson,
A., Bunemann E.K., Friesen D.K., Rao I.M., Smithson P.C.,
Turner B.L. and Frossard E. 2006. Improving phosphorus fertility
through biological interventions. In: N. Uphoff (ed). Biological
Approaches to Improving the Fertility and Sustainability of
Soil Systems. Marcel Dekker, New York, USA (in press).
Rao,
I.M. 2006. Minerals: Function. In: A.S. Raghavendra (ed).
Crop Physiology. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, USA
(in review).
Rondón,
M., Acevedo D., Hernández R.M., Rubiano Y., Rivera
M., Amézquita E., Romero M., Sarmiento L., Ayarza M.A.,
Barrios E. and Rao I.M. 2006. Carbon sequestration potential
of the neotropical savannas (Llanos) of Colombia and Venezuela.
In: R. Lal and J. Kimble (eds), The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghampton,
USA (in press).
Rychter,
A.M. and Rao I.M. 2005. Role of phosphorus in photosynthetic
carbon metabolism. In: M. Pessarakli (ed). Handbook of Photosynthesis.
2nd Edition, pp.123-148. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis,
New York.
Books Edited
Quintero,
M., Estrada, R.D. and García, J. 2006. Model of optimization
for ex-ante evaluation of land use alternatives and measurement
of environmental externalities (ECOSAUT) (In press).
Articles in Conference
Proceedings
Ayarza,
M.A., Raucher, F., Vilela, L., Amézquita, E., Barrios,
E., Rondón, M., Rao, I.M. 2005. Sustainable intensification
of crop-livestock systems on sandy soils of Latin America:
trade-offs between production and conservation. Proceedings
of an International Symposium on Management of Sandy Soils,
Thailand, November 2005.
Chávez,
L.F., Amézquita, E. and Mesa, E. 2005. Effect of the
tillage system on the behavior of the physical properties
and on maize yield in an Oxisol of the Eastern Plains of Colombia.
In: Symposium on no-Tillage and Environment, Carbon Sequestration
and Water Quality. Federação Brasileira de Plantio
Direto na Palha-FEBRAPDP. Brazil. pp.206-209.
Claassen,
N., Castañeda-Ortiz, N., Neumann, G., Gweyi-Onyango,
J.P. and Rao, I.M. 2005. Root exudation of organic acids and/or
acid phosphatase cannot explain phosphorus mobilization by
Arachis pintoi. In: Plant Nutrition for Food and Security,
Human Health and Environment Protection. XV IPNC 2005, Beijing,
China, pp. 460-461. Li, C.J., Zhang, F.S., Dobermann, A.,
Lambers, H., Li, X.L., Marschner, P., Maene, L., McGrath,
S., Oenema, O., Peng, S.B., Rengel, Z., Shen, Q.R., Welch,
R., von Wiren, N., Yan, X.L., and Zhu, Y.G. (eds.), Tsinghua
University Press, Beijing, China.
Estrada,
R.D. and Quintero, M. 2005. Using environmental externalities
to generate Equito in Rural Income. From Theory to Practice
Case Study: Fuquene Watershed (Colombia). Paper prepared and
presented for the 18th Symposium of the International Farming
System Association (IFSA) with FAO and IFAD. Rome, Italy,
31 October -4 November 2005.
Rao,
I.M., Miles, J.W., García, R. and Ricaurte, J. 2005.
Selección de hibridos de Brachiaria con resistancia
a aluminio. Paper presented at the III Seminar of AgroScience
and Technology for 21st Century, Orinoquia, Colombia held
from 21 to 25 November, 2005. Published as CD.
Rondón,
M., Hurtado, M. and Ramírez, J. 2005. Charcoal amendments
to soils increase BNF in Common beans under low fertility
soils. Paper presented at the 3Rd USDA meeting on Carbon sequestration
and greenhouse gases. Baltimore USA. February 10-14, 2005.
Singh,
B.P., Rao, I.M. and Beebe, S. 2005. Prospects of improving
drought tolerance in common bean. Proceedings of the International
Conference on Sustainable Crop Production in Stress Environments:
Management and Genetic Options. Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa
Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.), India.
Subbarao,
G.V., Ito, O., Wang, H.Y., Nakahara, K., Suenaga, K., Rondón,
M., Rao, I.M. Lascano, C. and Ishitani, M. 2005. Root exudates
of Brachiaria humidicola inhibit nitrification - Characterization
and quantification of this unique biological phenomenon. In:
Plant Nutrition for Food and Security, Human Health and Environment
Protection. XV IPNC 2005, Beijing, China. Li, C.J., Zhang,
F.S., Dobermann, A., Lambers, H., Li, X.L., Marschner, P.,
Maene, L., McGrath, S., Oenema, O., Peng, S.B., Rengel, Z.,
Shen, Q.R., Welch, R., von Wiren, N., Yan, X.L., and Zhu,
Y.G. (eds.), Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China. p.
444-445.
Wagatsuma,
T., Rao, I.M., Wenzl, P., Khan, M.S.H., Tawaraya, K., Igarashi,
K., Murayama, T., Kawamura, T., Ishikawa, S. and Uemura, M.
2005. Plasma membrane lipid layer play a key role in high
level of aluminum resistance in signalgrass (Brachiaria
decumbens): A new aspect on aluminum resistance. In: Plant
Nutrition for Food and Security, Human Health and Environment
Protection. XV IPNC 2005, Beijing, China. Li, C.J., Zhang,
F.S., Dobermann, A., Lambers, H., Li, X.L., Marschner, P.,
Maene, L., McGrath, S., Oenema, O., Peng, S.B., Rengel, Z.,
Shen, Q.R., Welch, R., von Wiren, N., Yan, X.L., and Zhu,
Y.G. (eds.), Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China. p.
650-651.
Oral/Poster Presentations
at Conferences
Amézquita,
E., Rao, I.M., Bernal, J., Barrios, E., Rondón, M.
and Ayarza, M. 2005. Management of acid soils in the Llanos
of Colombia. Invited paper presented at an international workshop
on "Advances in improving acid soil adaptation of tropical
crops and forages, and management of acid soils" held
at Brasilia, Brazil. October 18 to 21, 2005.
Amézquita,
E. 2005. Conservación de recursos naturales y aprovechamiento
agropecuario sostenible en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia.
VIII Seminario Internacional del Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sostenible - Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Octubre
26-28, 2005.
Amézquita,
E. 2005. Hacia el manejo sostenible en el agroecosistema Llanos
Orientales de Colombia: retos y oportunidades. Conferencia
presentada al Ministerio de Agricultura en las instalaciones
del IICA en Bogotá. Julio 2005.
Amézquita,
E., Hoyos, P., Rubiano, Y., Molina, D.L., Quintero, M., Pernett,
X. 2005. Herramientas para la planificación, uso y
mejoramiento de suelos en la Altillanura Colombiana. III Seminario
Regional Agrociencia y Tecnología Siglo XXI - Orinoquía
Colombiana. Villavicencio, Noviembre 23-25, 2005. Published
as CD.
Amézquita,
E. 2005. La calidad del suelo y la necesidad de indicadores
para planificar su uso productivo sostenible. Conferencia
presentada en la LI Reunión Anual PCCMCA - Programa
Cooperativo Centroamericano para el Mejoramiento de Cultivos
y Animales. Panamá, Mayo 2-6 de 2005.
Amézquita
E., Hoyos, P., Molina, D.L., Corrales, I.I., Chávez,
L.F., Rivera, M. and Galvis, J.H. 2005. La construcción
de una capa arable: opción clave para una agricultura
sostenible en suelos de la Altillanura Colombiana. Agroexpo,
Bogotá, Julio 2005.
Ayarza,
M.A. and Amézquita, E. 2005. Degradación de
los recursos naturales en Centro América: propuestas
de métodos para medir su impacto a varias escalas.
Symposium organized during the XLX Meeting of the PCCMCA,
Programa Cooperativo Centroamericano de Mejoramiento de Cultivos
y Animales. Panama City, Panama.
Ayarza,
M.A. and Reynolds, J. 2006. Application of the Dahlem Desertification
Protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of the Quesungual Agroforestry
System. Oral presentation at the Annual Metting of the American
Society of Ecology, Merida, Jan 9-12.
Ayarza,
M.A., Welchez, L.A. and Somarriba, M. 2005. Consorcio MIS:
una alternativa para fortalecer la generación de tecnologías
y el intercambio de conocimiento en el manejo integrado del
suelo, el agua y los nutrientes. Paper presented in the XLX
Meeting of the PCCMCA, Programa Cooperativo Centroamericano
de Mejoramiento de Cultivos y Animales. Panama City, Panama.
Ayarza,
M.A., Amézquita, E., Pezo, D. and Eric, J. 2005. Degradación
del suelo en Centro América: propuestas para medir
su impacto a varias escalas. Symposium organized during the
PCCMCA Regional symposium, Panamá, May 2005.
Ayarza,
M.A., Raucher, F., Vilela, L., Amézquita, E., Barrios,
E., Rondón, M. and Rao, I.M. 2005. Sustainable intensification
of crop-livestock systems on sandy soils of Latin America:
trade-offs between production and conservation. Tropical Sandy
Soils Symposium Khon Kaen, Thailand, November 2005.
Barrios,
E., Mahuku, G., Navia, J., Cortés, L., Asakawa, N.,
Jara, C., Quintero, J. 2005. Impact of green manure residue
quality on nematodes, pathogenic and arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi in tropical soils planted to common beans. Poster presentation
at the Soil Ecology Society Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory,
ILL, USA.
Barrios
E. and Rillig, M. 2005. Soil engineering by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Fungi. Oral presentation at the III Annual Meeting of the
Conservation and Sustainable Management of Belowground Biodiversity
project (GEF/UNEP), Manaus, Brazil.
Beebe,
S., Rao, I., Cajiao, C. and Manrique, G. 2005. Identificación
de tolerancia en Phaseolus coccineus a la toxicidad
causada por aluminio. Paper presented in the XLX Meeting of
the PCCMCA, Programa Cooperativo Centroamericano de Mejoramiento
de Cultivos y Animales. Panama City, Panama.
Chávez,
L.F., Amézquita, E. and Mesa, E. 2005. Efecto del sistema
de labranza en el comportamiento de las propiedades fisicas
y en el rendimiento de maíz en un Oxisol de los Llanos
Orientales de Colombia. Simposio sobre Plantio Direto e Meio
Ambiente, Foz de Iguazu, Brasil. Mayo 2005.
Estrada,
R. and Quintero, M. 2005. Compensación por servicios
ambientales y el potencial de generar equidad en los ingresos
rurales: De la teoría a la práctica. Estudio
de caso Fúquene (Colombia) y Altomayo (Peru). Oral
presentation at the (IESA-AL VI) "La Valoración
de Bienes y Servicios Ambientales y su Papel en la Reducción
de la Pobreza. Una mirada desde el Enfoque Sistémico".
Manizales, Colombia. July 20th, 2005.
Gallego,
G., Arango, A., Buitrago, M.E., Rosero, C., Wenzl, P., Ishitani,
M., Rao, I. and Tohme, J. 2005. Progress in gene identification
for high level of aluminum resistance in signalgrass (Brachiaria
decumbens). Invited paper presented at an international
workshop on "Advances in improving acid soil adaptation
of tropical crops and forages, and management of acid soils"
held at Brasilia, Brazil. October 18 to 21, 2005.
Jara
C., Mahuku, G. and Barrios, E. 2005. Impact of three plant
materials used as soil amendments on bean yield and Macrophomina
phaseolina incidence. Oral presentation at Ascolfi Congress,
Bogota, Colombia.
Pauli
N., Barrios, E., Oberthur, T., Conacher, A., Ayarza, M. Welchez,
L. 2005. The effects of the Quesungual agroforestry system
of Western Honduras on soil macrofauna. Oral presentation
at the International Symposium on Land Degradation and Desertification,
Uberlandia - Brazil.
Quintero,
M., Estrada, R., Rubiano, J., and Girón, E. 2005. Measurement
and valuation of water-related environmental services. Oral
presentation presented at the special session "Payment
for Environmental Services" in the "Water for food
and Ecosystems" FAO-Netherlands conference. (The Hague,
Netherlands, January 31 to February 5th, 2005).
Quintero,
M. and Estrada, R. 2005. Compensación por Servicios
Ambientales en la cuenca del Río Mayo (Perú).
Enfoque conceptual, metodológico y algunos resultados
preliminares Estudio de Caso: Cuencas Rumiyacu - Mishkiyacu
(Moyobamba). Presentación realizada para el gobierno
regional y local de la provincia de Moyabamba, Perú.
Moyabamba, Junio 2005.
Quintero,
M. 2005. Andean region Experiences in Water for Agriculture
and Ecosystems. Oral presentation presented at the "Water
for food and Ecosystems" FAO-Netherlands conference on
behalf of CONDESAN (The Hague, Netherlands, January 31 to
February 5th, 2005).
Quintero,
M., Estrada, R., Moreno, A., Rubiano, J., Amézquita,
E., Rondón, M., Girón, E. and Pernett, X. 2005.
Payment for Environmental Services as a mechanism for promoting
a new dynamic in rural development. Case study: Fuquene (Colombia).
Poster presented at the 1st International Conference of Economic
and Ecologic Valuation of Environmental Services. Talca, Chile.
October 5-7, 2005.
Quintero,
M. Estrada, R. and Girón, E. 2005. Mecanismos de pago
por servicios ambientales en la región de Moyabamba
(Perú). Estudio Piloto: Microcuencas Miskiyacu y Rumiyacu.
Research report. Cali, Colombia.
Rao,
I.M., Beebe, S., Ricaurte, J., Cajiao, C., Polanía,
J. and García, R. 2005. Evaluación de la resistencia
a sequía en líneas avanzadas de frijol común
(Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Paper presented in the XLX
Meeting of the PCCMCA, Programa Cooperativo Centroamericano
de Mejoramiento de Cultivos y Animales. Panama City, Panama.
Rao,
I.M., Wenzl, P., Arango, A., Miles, J., Watanabe, T., Shinano,
T., Osaki, M., Wagatsuma, T., Manrique, G., Beebe, S., Tohme,
J., Ishitani, M., Rangel, A. and Horst, W. 2005. Advances
in developing screening methods and improving aluminum resistance
in common bean and Brachiaria. Invited paper presented
at an international workshop on "Advances in improving
acid soil adaptation of tropical crops and forages, and management
of acid soils" held at Brasilia, Brazil. October 18 to
21, 2005.
Rao,
I.M., Wenzl, P., Miles, J., Beebe, S., Kimani, P., Tohme,
J., Ishitani, M. and Horst, W. 2005. Acid soil adaptation
of tropical crops and forages: Advances in improving common
bean and Brachiaria. Paper presented at IAEA Consultant's
Meeting on "Selection and Development of Germplasm Tolerant
to Nutritional Stress in Tropical Crops" held at Vienna
International Centre, 25-27 July, 2005. Vienna, Austria.
Rondón,
M. 2005. Biological Nitrification inhibition as a new tool
to improve Nitrogen use efficiency and reduce environmental
impact from Agriculture. Invited oral presentation at the
Third Interamerican Meeting of Nitrogen. Brasilia, Brazil.
June 2-6, 2005.
Rondón,
M. 2005. Charcoal amendments to soils increase BNF in Common
beans under low fertility soils. Oral invited presentation
at the 3Rd USDA meeting on Carbon sequestration and greenhouse
gases. Baltimore USA. February 10-14, 2005.
Rondón,
M. 2005. Reforesting the tropical savannas of Colombia: opportunities
for carbon trading. Invited Oral presentation at the 3rd International
Regional Meeting on Agroscience and technology. Villavicencio,
Colombia. Nov 22-24, 2005.
Rondón,
M. 2005. Rehabilitation of degraded lands trough CDM projects:
opportunities and challenges. Intercenter Working Group on
Climate Change. Nairobi, Kenya, October 11-15, 2005.
Rondón,
M. 2005. What do we want to answer in the Quesungual System.
Oral presentation at the third MIS consortium meeting. Santa
Lucia, Honduras, March 2005.
Rondón,
M., White, D., Cajas, S. and Rincón, A. 2005. Proyectos
MDL gestionados por Biocarbon Fund. Desafíos y oportunidades.
Experiencia de un proyecto pionero en Colombia. Poster presented
at the International meeting on sustainable agriculture. Manizales,
Colombia. July 20-22, 2005.
Rondón,
M., White, D. Cajas, S. and Rincón, A. 2005. Ready
to participate in the carbon trading market with the Biocarbon
Fund? Experiences and challenges of a project to recuperate
degraded lands in Colombia. International Meeting on Sustainable
Agriculture. Manizales, July 20-22, 2005.
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