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ArticleHeliyon2023

Restoring soil nutrient stocks using local inputs, tillage and sorghum-green gram intercropping strategies for drylands in Eastern Kenya.

L G Njiru, J R Yegon, G Mwithiga, A Micheni, N J Gitari, F S Mairura

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

L G NjiruUniversity of Embu, Department Water and Agricultural Resource Management, P.O. Box 6-, 601600, Embu, Kenya.
J R YegonUniversity of Embu, Department Water and Agricultural Resource Management, P.O. Box 6-, 601600, Embu, Kenya.
G MwithigaUniversity of Embu, Department Water and Agricultural Resource Management, P.O. Box 6-, 601600, Embu, Kenya.
A MicheniKenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Food Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 27 - , 60100, Embu, Kenya.
N J GitariUniversity of Embu, Department Water and Agricultural Resource Management, P.O. Box 6-, 601600, Embu, Kenya.
F S MairuraUniversity of Embu, Department Water and Agricultural Resource Management, P.O. Box 6-, 601600, Embu, Kenya.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil macronutrient and micronutrient availability is particularly critical in semi-arid agro-ecological zones that are characterized by poor soil fertility and low rainfall regimes. An experiment was initiated in Siakago, Embu County to investigate the effects of tied-ridges, conventional tillage and input applications on soil nutrient fertility using a randomized complete block design with a split-split plot arrangement for 4 seasons (2018-2021). The treatments comprised of two main plot tillage systems, three cropping systems allocated to the sub-plots and four soil input management treatments assigned to sub-sub plots. ANOVA was used to test the effects of different treatments including tillage, crop system and soil fertility management using Genstat software. The data was also subjected to Principal Component Analysis procedures using R ("

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Green gramInorganic fertilizerManureSoil macronutrientsSoil micronutrientsTied-ridges

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PMID37876491
PMCPMC10590955

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