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dc.contributor.authorWortmann, C.
dc.contributor.authorKaramura, E.
dc.contributor.authorGold, C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:26:23Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:26:23Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.identifier.citationWortmann, C., Karamura, E. & Gold, C. (1994). Nutrient flows from harvested banana pseudostems. African Crop Science Journal, 2(2), 179-182.
dc.identifier.issn1021-9730
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4579
dc.description.abstractManagement of harvested (senescent) banana pseudostems has implications for efficiency of nutrient use for sole cropped as well as intercropped bananas. Two studies were conducted on aspects of nutrient flows from senescent pseudostems. Sixty one and 55% of the initial N and P, respectively, in standing senescent pseudostems were determined to be translocated to attached growing pseudostems at six weeks after harvest. Lesser proportions of the initial K, S, Fe, Zn, Cu and B were translocated; translocation of Ca, Mg and Mn was negligible. Over 50% and 70% of the initial N, K and Mg were released from the mulch of cut and shredded pseudostems by six and nine weeks after harvest, respectively. Other nutrients were released more slowly from the mulch.
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dc.language.isofr
dc.subjectBananas
dc.subjectNutrients
dc.subjectHarvesting
dc.subjectSoil
dc.titleNutrient flows from harvested banana pseudostems
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationRegional Programme on Beans in Eastern Africa
cg.contributor.affiliationKawanda Agricultural Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.iitasubjectPost-Harvesting Technology
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
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