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dc.contributor.authorHauser, S.
dc.contributor.authorMekoa, C.
dc.contributor.authorNgo Kanga, F.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:04:15Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:04:15Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.identifier.citationHauser, S., Mekoa, C. & Ngo Kanga, F. (2012). The effects of burning forest biomass on the yield of plantain (cv. Ebang, Musa spp. AAB, false horn) after hot-water and boiling-water treatment in southern Cameroon. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 58(4), 399-409.
dc.identifier.issn0365-0340
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1378
dc.description.abstractPlantain grown after forest slash-and-burn raises concerns due to the release of CO2 and the destruction of biodiversity. Plantain yields are presented after forest biomass was burned or retained in combination with sucker sanitation versus traditional planting. Biomass burning did not affect plant crop and total yield. Soil chemical properties were weakly positively affected by burning. Sucker sanitation increased total yield at one site from 6.2 to 9.7 Mg ha71 (p ¼ 0.015), without effects on root health. In the second site, sucker sanitation had no effect on fresh bunch yield (mean 8.59 Mg ha71), yet significantly improved root health parameters. Thus, at the first site, sucker sanitation elicited a positive response via a mechanism different from nematode control. At the second site, by contrast, nematode control was not the most important factor in yield formation. These data do not support the notion that retaining biomass increases plantain production. Other factors related to labor requirements and later weed infestation are probably more important in farmers’ decision making on biomass management.
dc.format.extent399-409
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectForest
dc.subjectRoots
dc.subjectMulching
dc.subjectPlantains
dc.subjectBiomass
dc.titleThe effects of burning forest biomass on the yield of plantain (cv. Ebang, Musa spp. AAB, false horn) after hotwater and boilingwater treatment in Southern Cameroon
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Yaoundé
cg.contributor.affiliationGhent University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectPlantain
cg.journalArchives of Agronomy and Soil Science
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid79519
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2010.522994


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