Nitrogen supply from rotational or spatially zoned inclusion of Leguminosae for sustainable maize production on an acid soil in Indonesia

Noordwijk, Meine van; Sitompul, Syukur Makmur; Hairiah, Kurniatun; Listyarini, Endang; Syekhfani,

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0221-6_125

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“…It is not clear why the beneficial effect of P. dasyrrachis hedgerows reported previously from this site by van Noordwijk et al (1995) was not seen in this season. The residual effect of the previous Mucuna cover crop appears to have provided sufficient N at least for the first crop (Table 2), even though the above-ground biomass was removed, and hence reduced previously observed differences in N availability.…”

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“…Aluminium saturation in the subsoil approached 60% (van der Heide et al, 1992). Six cropping systems were established in [1985][1986] to explore the effects of hedgerows on the growth of food crops, of which four were included in the current study: one with no hedgerows ('monocrop'), plus hedgerow intercropping systems using Peltophorum dasyrrhachis ('P-P'), G. sepium ('G-G'), and a system in which hedgerows of the latter two species alternated ('G-P') (van Noordwijk et al, 1995). Hedgerows were 4 m apart and trees were 50 cm apart within the row.…”

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“…Two crops were generally grown per year; in the current experiment these crops were maize followed by groundnut. Mean maize yields (t ha −1 ) over four cropping seasons in 1991-1992 were 2.30 (monocrop), 2.33 (G-G), 3.32 (P-P) and 2.55 (G-P) (van Noordwijk et al, 1995).…”

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Nitrogen use efficiency of monoculture and hedgerow intercropping in the humid tropics

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Noordwijk²,

Suprayogo

et al. 2005

Plant Soil

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The design of productive and efficient intercropping systems depends on achieving complementarity between component species' resource capture niches. Spatiotemporal patterns of capture and use of pruning and urea nitrogen (N) by trees and intercrops were elucidated by isotopic tracing, and consequences for nitrogen use efficiency were examined. During the first cropping season after applying urea-15 N, maize accounted for most of the plant 15 N recovery in Peltophorum dasyrrachis (33.5%) and Gliricidia sepium (22.3%) hedgerow intercropping systems. Maize yield was greatest in monoculture, and maize in monoculture also recovered a greater proportion of urea 15 N (42%) than intercropped maize. Nitrogen recovery during active crop growth will not be increased by hedgerow intercropping if hedgerows adversely affect crop growth through competition for other resources. However, hedgerows recovered substantial amounts of 15 N during both cropping cycles (e.g. a total of 13-22%), showing evidence of spatio-temporal complementarity with crops in the spatial distribution of roots and the temporal distribution of N uptake. The degree of complementarity was species-specific, showing the importance of selecting appropriate trees for simultaneous agroforestry. After the first cropping season 17-34% of 15 N applied was unaccounted for in the plant-soil system. Urea and prunings N were recovered by hedgerows in similar amounts. By the end of the second (groundnut) cropping cycle, total plant 15 N recovery was similar in all cropping systems. Less N was taken up by the maize crop from applications of labelled prunings (5-7%) than from labelled urea (22-34%), but the second crop recovered similar amounts from these two sources, implying that prunings N is more persistent than urea N. More 15 N was recovered by the downslope hedgerow than the upslope hedgerow, demonstrating the interception of laterally flowing N by hedgerows.

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Nitrogen use efficiency of monoculture and hedgerow intercropping in the humid tropics

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“…The absence of a clear first-season maize yield response in both systems could have been caused by lengthy time lag prior to planting first-season maize (in system Zm-Mp/Mp, time between mucuna senescence and next maize planting is typically five to six months). This has been associated with nutrient losses through different avenues, including rapid mineralization of mucuna (Carsky et al, 1998;van Noordwijk et al, 1995), though systems with long time lags have also been reported to increase maize yield (Ile et al, 1996). In Los Tuxtlas, the period when mucuna residues are in the field is dry and windy, and consequent biomass losses are high.…”

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On-Farm Experiments With Maize-Mucuna Systems in the Los Tuxtlas Region of Veracruz, Mexico. I. Mucuna Biomass and Maize Grain Yield

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Maize (Zea mays)-mucuna (Mucuna pruriens) systems have been promoted to the smallholder farmers of the Los Tuxtlas region of southeastern Veracruz, Mexico. To determine on-farm performance, an agronomic assessment was conducted in 1995-97 replicating farmer conditions in four fields. Treatments were firstand second-season maize with first-season mucuna (system Zm-Mp/Zm), first-season maize with first-and second-season mucuna (system Zm-Mp/Mp), second-season maize following first-season mucuna (system Mp/Zm), and first-and second-season maize, no mucuna control. Data on mucuna biomass amount and quality as well as maize yield, yield components, and nutrient status were collected. Highest mucuna biomass was obtained in system Mp/Zm (leaf-stem-mulch biomass in 1996/97, 7.34 t ha −1 , 147 kg ha −1 N), followed by systems Zm-Mp/Mp (5.06 t ha −1 , 101 kg N ha −1 ) and Zm-Mp/Zm (2.75 t ha −1 , 50 kg N ha −1 ). Second-season maize yield was increased over that of the control by 45-58 % (0.15-0.23 t ha −1 ) in system Zm-Mp/Zm and by 118 % (0.60 t ha −1 ) in system Mp/Zm. Mucuna did not increase first-season maize yield. Climatic constraints make second-season maize production risky and yield increases due to mucuna are low in absolute terms, perhaps not offsetting labour costs (systems Zm-Mp/Zm and Mp/Zm) or loss of first-season maize (Mp/Zm).

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“…It is lately gaining popularity in Ghana. Although several reports have been made on its positive effect on crop yields (Fischler, 1996;Agyenim Boateng, 1997;van Noordwijk et al, 1995;Sanginga et al, 1996a), few data exist on its effect on the soil. Becker (unpublished; cited in Carsky et al, 1998) observed a 3-9% increases in soil organic matter after a short mucuna fallow compared with a weedy fallow, although the difference was not statistically significant.…”

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<i>Mucuna pruriens</i> and its effect on some physical, chemical and biological properties of a Forest Acrisol

Boateng¹

2009

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

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The effect of Mucuna pruriens, a herbaceous legume, on some properties of a forest acrisol was examined in RCBD experiment of four treatments: control, NPK fertilizer, mucuna incorporation and mucuna mulch. At flowering, the fresh biomass was cut at soil level, chopped up and applied to the soil either by incorporation or as mulch. In both cases, mucuna improved the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil. Available soil moisture content increased from 9.54% to values between 10.20% and 11.40% while bulk density reduced from 1.42 to 1.36 Mg m -3. Total N increased from 0.14% to 0.18%. Organic C and K levels did not change while P was slightly reduced. Earthworm populations in the mucuna plots were three times higher than those plots without mucuna. Mucuna suppressed weed growth. These improvements in the physical and chemical properties are indicators of the potential of M. pruriens in enhancing crop yields.

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Nitrogen supply from rotational or spatially zoned inclusion of Leguminosae for sustainable maize production on an acid soil in Indonesia

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Nitrogen use efficiency of monoculture and hedgerow intercropping in the humid tropics

Nitrogen use efficiency of monoculture and hedgerow intercropping in the humid tropics

On-Farm Experiments With Maize-Mucuna Systems in the Los Tuxtlas Region of Veracruz, Mexico. I. Mucuna Biomass and Maize Grain Yield

<i>Mucuna pruriens</i> and its effect on some physical, chemical and biological properties of a Forest Acrisol

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