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Banana systems in the humid highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa enhancing resilience and productivity / / edited by Guy Blomme, Piet van Asten and Bernard Vanlauwe
| Banana systems in the humid highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa enhancing resilience and productivity / / edited by Guy Blomme, Piet van Asten and Bernard Vanlauwe |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.1620967
338.1747720967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BlommeG
AstenPiet van <1972-> VanlauweB (Bernard) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bananas - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Plantain banana - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-78924-375-0
1-78064-232-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part 1. Musa germplasm diversity and evaluation -- part 2. Novel seed systems -- part 3. Banana pests and diseases -- part 4. Banana intercropping systems -- part 5. Banana use, postharvest and nutrition -- part 6. Surveillance, adoption and communicating knowledge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627287403321 |
| Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Integrated plant nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from concept to practice / / edited by B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.]
| Integrated plant nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from concept to practice / / edited by B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.4/2/0967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VanlauweB (Bernard) |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil fertility - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fertilizers - Africa, Sub-Saharan Crops - Nutrition - Africa, Sub-Saharan Plant nutrients - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-82971-0
9786610829712 0-85199-885-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Forty Years of Soil Fertility Work in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2 Soil Fertility Replenishment Takes Off in East and Southern Africa; 3 A Systems Approach to Target Balanced Nutrient Management in Soilscapes of Sub-Saharan Africa; 4 In for a Penny, in for a Pound: Strategic Site-selection as a Key Element for On-farm Research that Aims to Trigger Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in West Africa; 5 Agricultural Transformation and Fertilizer Use in the Cerealbased Systems of the Northern Guinea Savannah, Nigeria
6 Partial Macronutrient Balances of Mucuna/Maize Rotations in the Forest Savannah Transitional Zone of Ghana7 Process Research and Soil Fertility in Africa: Who Cares?; 8 Fertilizer Equivalency Values of Organic Materials of Differing Quality; 9 Plant N Uptake from Plant and Animal Organic Residues, Measured Using the Soil Pre-labelling 15N Isotope Dilution Approach; 10 Contribution of Organic Residues to Soil Phosphorus Availability in the Highlands of Western Kenya; 11 Resource Acquisition of Mixed Species Fallows - Competition or Complementarity? 12 Targeting Management of Organic Resources and Mineral Fertilizers: Can we Match Scientists' Fantasies with Farmers' Realities?13 Direct Interactions between N Fertilizer and Organic Matter: Evidence from Trials with 15N-labelled Fertilizer; 14 On-farm Evaluation of the Contribution of Sole and Mixed Applications of Organic Matter and Urea to Maize Grain Production in the Savannah; 15 Yield Trends, Soil Nitrogen and Organic Matter Content During 20 Years of Continuous Maize Cultivation 16 Meeting the Phosphorus Needs of the Soils and Crops of West Africa: the Role of Indigenous Phosphate Rocks17 Options for Increasing P Availability from Low Reactive Phosphate Rock; 18 Phosphorus Uptake from Sparingly Available Soil-P by Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Genotypes; 19 Improving Phosphate Rock Solubility and Uptake and Yields of Lowland Rice Grown on an Acidic Soil Amended with Legume Green Manure; 20 Decision Making on Integrated Nutrient Management through the Eyes of the Scientist, the Land-user and the Policy Maker 21 Legumes: When and Where an Option? (No Panacea for Poor Tropical West African Soils and Expensive Fertilizers)22 Options for Soil Organic Carbon Maintenance under Intensive Cropping in the West African Savannah; 23 On-farm Research and Operational Strategies in Soil Fertility Management; 24 Recommendations; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456058203321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Integrated plant nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from concept to practice / / edited by B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.]
| Integrated plant nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from concept to practice / / edited by B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.4/2/0967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VanlauweB (Bernard) |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil fertility - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fertilizers - Africa, Sub-Saharan Crops - Nutrition - Africa, Sub-Saharan Plant nutrients - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-280-82971-0
9786610829712 0-85199-885-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Forty Years of Soil Fertility Work in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2 Soil Fertility Replenishment Takes Off in East and Southern Africa; 3 A Systems Approach to Target Balanced Nutrient Management in Soilscapes of Sub-Saharan Africa; 4 In for a Penny, in for a Pound: Strategic Site-selection as a Key Element for On-farm Research that Aims to Trigger Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in West Africa; 5 Agricultural Transformation and Fertilizer Use in the Cerealbased Systems of the Northern Guinea Savannah, Nigeria
6 Partial Macronutrient Balances of Mucuna/Maize Rotations in the Forest Savannah Transitional Zone of Ghana7 Process Research and Soil Fertility in Africa: Who Cares?; 8 Fertilizer Equivalency Values of Organic Materials of Differing Quality; 9 Plant N Uptake from Plant and Animal Organic Residues, Measured Using the Soil Pre-labelling 15N Isotope Dilution Approach; 10 Contribution of Organic Residues to Soil Phosphorus Availability in the Highlands of Western Kenya; 11 Resource Acquisition of Mixed Species Fallows - Competition or Complementarity? 12 Targeting Management of Organic Resources and Mineral Fertilizers: Can we Match Scientists' Fantasies with Farmers' Realities?13 Direct Interactions between N Fertilizer and Organic Matter: Evidence from Trials with 15N-labelled Fertilizer; 14 On-farm Evaluation of the Contribution of Sole and Mixed Applications of Organic Matter and Urea to Maize Grain Production in the Savannah; 15 Yield Trends, Soil Nitrogen and Organic Matter Content During 20 Years of Continuous Maize Cultivation 16 Meeting the Phosphorus Needs of the Soils and Crops of West Africa: the Role of Indigenous Phosphate Rocks17 Options for Increasing P Availability from Low Reactive Phosphate Rock; 18 Phosphorus Uptake from Sparingly Available Soil-P by Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Genotypes; 19 Improving Phosphate Rock Solubility and Uptake and Yields of Lowland Rice Grown on an Acidic Soil Amended with Legume Green Manure; 20 Decision Making on Integrated Nutrient Management through the Eyes of the Scientist, the Land-user and the Policy Maker 21 Legumes: When and Where an Option? (No Panacea for Poor Tropical West African Soils and Expensive Fertilizers)22 Options for Soil Organic Carbon Maintenance under Intensive Cropping in the West African Savannah; 23 On-farm Research and Operational Strategies in Soil Fertility Management; 24 Recommendations; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780319503321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Integrated plant nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa : from concept to practice / / edited by B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.]
| Integrated plant nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa : from concept to practice / / edited by B. Vanlauwe ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.4/2/0967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VanlauweB (Bernard) |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil fertility - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Fertilizers - Africa, Sub-Saharan Crops - Nutrition - Africa, Sub-Saharan Plant nutrients - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-280-82971-0
9786610829712 0-85199-885-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Forty Years of Soil Fertility Work in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2 Soil Fertility Replenishment Takes Off in East and Southern Africa; 3 A Systems Approach to Target Balanced Nutrient Management in Soilscapes of Sub-Saharan Africa; 4 In for a Penny, in for a Pound: Strategic Site-selection as a Key Element for On-farm Research that Aims to Trigger Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in West Africa; 5 Agricultural Transformation and Fertilizer Use in the Cerealbased Systems of the Northern Guinea Savannah, Nigeria
6 Partial Macronutrient Balances of Mucuna/Maize Rotations in the Forest Savannah Transitional Zone of Ghana7 Process Research and Soil Fertility in Africa: Who Cares?; 8 Fertilizer Equivalency Values of Organic Materials of Differing Quality; 9 Plant N Uptake from Plant and Animal Organic Residues, Measured Using the Soil Pre-labelling 15N Isotope Dilution Approach; 10 Contribution of Organic Residues to Soil Phosphorus Availability in the Highlands of Western Kenya; 11 Resource Acquisition of Mixed Species Fallows - Competition or Complementarity? 12 Targeting Management of Organic Resources and Mineral Fertilizers: Can we Match Scientists' Fantasies with Farmers' Realities?13 Direct Interactions between N Fertilizer and Organic Matter: Evidence from Trials with 15N-labelled Fertilizer; 14 On-farm Evaluation of the Contribution of Sole and Mixed Applications of Organic Matter and Urea to Maize Grain Production in the Savannah; 15 Yield Trends, Soil Nitrogen and Organic Matter Content During 20 Years of Continuous Maize Cultivation 16 Meeting the Phosphorus Needs of the Soils and Crops of West Africa: the Role of Indigenous Phosphate Rocks17 Options for Increasing P Availability from Low Reactive Phosphate Rock; 18 Phosphorus Uptake from Sparingly Available Soil-P by Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Genotypes; 19 Improving Phosphate Rock Solubility and Uptake and Yields of Lowland Rice Grown on an Acidic Soil Amended with Legume Green Manure; 20 Decision Making on Integrated Nutrient Management through the Eyes of the Scientist, the Land-user and the Policy Maker 21 Legumes: When and Where an Option? (No Panacea for Poor Tropical West African Soils and Expensive Fertilizers)22 Options for Soil Organic Carbon Maintenance under Intensive Cropping in the West African Savannah; 23 On-farm Research and Operational Strategies in Soil Fertility Management; 24 Recommendations; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812515703321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||