Soil moisture changes and maize yield were studied in 2-year-old alleys of Leucaena leucocephala and Flemingia macrophylla at Chalimbana, Zambia. Field tensiometers were installed at 15, 30 and 45 cm depth, in fertilizer and unfertilized alleys within the double hedgerows, and the first, second and third rows of maize, and were monitored throughout one maize growing season in 1989/1990. In general, maize growth (indicated by height and dry matter measured at roughly fortnightly interval) was higher (P
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Publication year
1994
Authors
Chirwa P W; Nair P V R; Kamara C S
Language
English
Keywords
alley cropping, crop yield, soil water content, intercropping, chemicophysical properties
Geographic
Zambia
