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Soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics in a Kenyan nitisol under long-term fertilizer and organic input management

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dc.contributor.authorKapkiyaia, J. J.en
dc.contributor.authorKaranja, N. K.en
dc.contributor.authorQureshib, J. N.en
dc.contributor.authorSmithson, P. C.en
dc.contributor.authorWoomer, P. L.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialKabeteen
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen
dc.coverage.temporal1976 - 1994en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:36Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:36Zen
dc.date.issued1999en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines three different soil fertility management practices and their effect on the soil quality in smallholder farming systems in the Kenyan Highlands. Soil organic matter (SOM) is greatly affected by how the soil is managed and treated. When testing humic nitisol (Kikuyu Red Clay) under a maize-bean rotation, it was found that the management practice of retaining the maize stover and adding manure produced the best results. Fertilization and crop residue removal resulted in the greatest decline in SOM. This research shows that effective soil management practices are important to soil quality and crop production in this area of Kenya.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4594en
dc.identifier.citationSoil Biology and Biochemistry 31(13): 1773-1782en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00088-7en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68844en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherPergamonen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserveden
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil nutrientsen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectSmallholder farming systemsen
dc.subjectSoil organic cen
dc.subjectMineral fertilizationen
dc.subjectCattle manureen
dc.subjectHumic nitisolsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleSoil organic matter and nutrient dynamics in a Kenyan nitisol under long-term fertilizer and organic input managementen
dc.typeAbstracten
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