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Potato-Legume Intercrop Effects on Water and Nutrients Use Efficiency, Crop Productivity and Soil Fertility in a Humic Nitisol, Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2018)
Integration of legumes into potato-based cropping systems is a common practice in developing countries presumably as a water and nutrient management strategy. This study was conducted to assess the effect of incorporating ...
Effect of intercropping pea with cabola or yellow mustard
(1992)
Major professor: Dr. E. H. Stobbe, Department of Plant Science
Intercropping is a farming practice that has recently
received attention as a means of improving land productivity
in western Canada. The main reason for ...
Effect of inoculation and varying bean densities on biomass and yield of inter cropped maize and beans
(1999)
Nitrogen is often the most essential nutrient for maize production, particularly with
respect to biomass accumulation, leaf area index and grain yield. However, commercial
fertilizers as a source of nitrogen, are becoming ...
Effects of bean planting density and planting time on growth and yields of maize and beans in an . intercropping system
(1997)
Intercropping is a farming practice that has recently received attention from
agronomists as a means of improving land use efficiency.
This study was conducted to determine whether manipulating bean density and
planting ...
Effect of clump planting of maize and time of planting of beans on growth and yield of intercropped maize and beans
(1999)
Two field experiments were conducted at the University of
Nairobi's Faculty of Agriculture Kabete, to investigate
the merits of clump planting of maize and time of planting
of intercropped beans on growth and yield of ...
Studies on green manure application and intercropping in coffea arabica l. production
(1998)
Three experiments were conducted between May 1991 and December
1993 at Coffee Research Station Ruiru. Kenya, to study the effect of green
manure application and intercropping on soil chemical properties, coffee
plant ...
Socio-economic analysis of production and response of grain amaranth (amaranthus caudatus l.) to fertilizer application and intercropping with maize or beans in Kisumu West District, Kenya
(2010)
Protein malnutrition is widespread in developing countries due to prohibitive cost
and low availability of animal protein foods and limited purchasing power of
vulnerable groups. To ensure sufficient proteins for these ...