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dc.contributor.authorHulugalle, N.R.
dc.contributor.authorKang, B.T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:36:01Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:36:01Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.identifier.citationHulugalle, N.R. & Kang, B.T. (1990). Effect of hedgerow species in alley cropping systems on surface soil physical properties of an Oxic Paleustalf in south-western Nigeria. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 114(3), 301-307.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6046
dc.description.abstractEffects of hedgerow species on surface soil physical properties were studied in an on-going trial established since 1981 on an Oxic Paleustalf in southwestern Nigeria. The experimental treatments were Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia sepium, Alchornea cordifolia and Acioa barterii hedgerows planted at 4 m interhedgerow spacings and a control (no hedgerows). Plots were sequentia-ly cropped with maize (Zea mays) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Soil physical properties, i.e. particle size distribution, bulk density, apparent pore size distribution and water infiltration, were monitored during the dry season in January and the main growing season in June 1989. Soil temperature was monitored at approximately monthly intervals from February to June 1989. Soil properties of alleycropped plots were superior to those of the control. Soil compaction was highest in the control and lowest with L. leucocephala. Between the hedgerow species, within-season increases in soil compaction were largest with A. cordifolia. Lowest soil temperatures were observed with L. leucocephala and A. barterii. Frequency, quantity and quality of prunings produced by the hedgerow species appeared to have a major beneficial effect on soil physical properties.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAlley Cropping
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectCowpeas
dc.subjectLeucaena Leucocephala
dc.subjectGliricidia Sepium
dc.titleEffect of hedgerow species in alley cropping systems on surface soil physical properties of an Oxic Paleustalf in southwestern Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.iitasubjectCowpea
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectCrop Systems
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid105976
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600072695


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