Effect of mucuna intercropped with maize on soil fertility and yield of maize

Adediran, J. A.; Akande, M. O.; Oluwatoyinbo, F. I.

doi:10.4314/gjas.v37i1.2075

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“…The above observations are similar to results from experiments conducted in Honduras (Buckles and Triomph, 1999), in which soil organic matter, infiltration rate and porosity increased with continuous mucuna use. Adediran et al (2004) also found that planting mucuna under maize increased the OC by 81 per cent.…”

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Improving the productivity of vertisols in the Accra plains of Ghana using leguminous cover crops

Nyalemegbe

Asiedu

Ampontuah

et al. 2011

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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The productivity of the Vertisols of the Accra plains is low, in spite of its high potential fertility. This could be attributed to physical constraints and low organic matter content. A study was conducted at the Agricultural Research Centre, Kpong, to assess the suitability of Mucuna pruriens, Mimosa invisa and Stylosanthes guianensis, in short fallows, for improving the fertility, physical properties, moisture conservation and weed control in the case of these soils. Mucuna had the highest biomass of 5.3tha 21 , as opposed to 4.1tha 21 under natural fallow. The mucuna and stylosanthes biomass had comparatively higher total N values (240.75 and 203.51kgha 21 , respectively) than mimosa and natural fallow (152.46 and 162.74kgha 21 , respectively). Soil organic carbon, one year after the incorporation of cover crops, was found to be relatively higher under the cover crops (mucuna, stylosanthes and mimosa) than it was under natural fallow. Bulk densities were thus lower under the cover crops than they were under natural fallow. Also, soils under the cover crops had higher total porosity, water infiltration rates and moisture storage than they did under natural fallow. Weed cover, 115 days after planting maize, was significantly lower in plots previously under Mucuna pruriens than it was under natural fallow, Stylosanthes guianensis and Mimosa invisa. There was a negative linear correlation between cover crop biomass and weed density (R 2 ¼ 0.593-0.805). Grain and stover yields of maize were higher under Mucuna pruriens than they were under natural fallow (138 and 70 per cent higher, respectively). Burning of the natural fallow resulted in greater weed growth than when the material was worked into the soil (41 and 8 per cent, respectively). Grain yield was significantly greater under mucuna than it was under natural fallow (3.1 and 1.3tha 21 , respectively).

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Improving the productivity of vertisols in the Accra plains of Ghana using leguminous cover crops

Nyalemegbe

Asiedu

Ampontuah

et al. 2011

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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“…10 Additionally, an increase in yield and a decrease in weed infestation have been observed in maizevelvet bean rotations. 11,12 Its allelopathic and nitrogen-fixation properties appear to be responsible for these effects.…”

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The role of L-DOPA in plants

Soares

Marchiosi

Siqueira-Soares

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Plant Signaling & Behavior

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“…Inoculation of bio-N-fertilizer supporting plant through fixed the nitrogen (N 2 ) of air, and enhanced the mineralization of organic nitrogen. Also, leguminous plants form symbiotic associations with Rhizobium bacteria in order to fix N 2 so this fact causes that the green manures, which their principal component are leguminous plant debris, supply to the soil suitable amounts of N (Adediran et al 2004, Osman 2007Tejada et al 2008).…”

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“…Also, application of green manure could reduce soil bulk density and pH, as well as increase soil organic matter and soil microbes in a tobacco field (Liu et al, 2006). It is widely known that green manure and others crop residues improve the soil chemical and biological properties (Adediran et al, 2004;Biederbeck et al, 2005;Liu et al, 2006;Shahz and Rahman 2010;Ziblim et al, 2013).…”

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“…Green manure after decomposition is supplying soil with humus that plays important roles in improving soil properties; its fertility and consequently plant growth. In general, it may be said that green manures improve poor soil because of their action on the physical, chemical, and bacteriological conditions when used leguminous crops as green manures, which may be attributed to increase soil content of nitrogen through fixed N 2 (Adediran et al, 2004;Ziblim et al, 2013).…”

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Soil Fertility, Onion-Maize Productivity and N-Use Efficiency as Affected by Green Manure, Mineral and Bio Fertilizers.

El-Naqme

El-Dissoky

Aiad

2019

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S OIL fertility was and still one of the most important factors controlling the productivity of crops. A field experiment was conducted at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Egypt to assess the effect of green manure, bio-N fertilizer and mineral nitrogen fertilizer on some soil properties, mineral nitrogen fertilizer efficiency (i.e., N-use efficiency) and yield of onion (in winter season 2015/2016) following by maize (in summer 2016). Treatments included bio-Nfertilizers, mineral nitrogen fertilizer and green manure. The results showed that using all green manures (i.e., Egyptian clover and fenugreek) before planting onion significantly developed soil properties; increased availability of the studied nutrients and total porosity. Inoculations with bio-fertilizer maximize these effects on soil properties and yield of onion and maize. Interaction between fenugreek with bio-fertilizer and mineral N-fertilizer at 120 kg fed -1 attained the highest values of total onion yield, averages of bulb weight, diameter, dry matter content and nutrients-uptake of NPK in the first season after green manure application. After cultivation of maize, the highest values of grain and dry stalks yields, 100-grain weight and NPK-uptake were obtained with the interaction of Egyptian clover with bio-fertilizer and N-fertilizer at 90 kg fed -1 . The use of Egyptian clover as green manure with bio-fertilizer increased N-use efficiency for onion at 60 kg N fed -1 and for maize grain yield was at 120 kg N fed -1 . So, the study concluded importance of using green manures to improve soil properties and use efficiency of mineral nitrogen fertilizer.

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Effect of mucuna intercropped with maize on soil fertility and yield of maize

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Improving the productivity of vertisols in the Accra plains of Ghana using leguminous cover crops

Improving the productivity of vertisols in the Accra plains of Ghana using leguminous cover crops

The role of L-DOPA in plants

Soil Fertility, Onion-Maize Productivity and N-Use Efficiency as Affected by Green Manure, Mineral and Bio Fertilizers.

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