Combining napier grass with leguminous shrubs in contour hedgerows controls soil erosion without competing with crops

We established hedges/barriers of calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner), leucaena (Leucaena trichandra (Zucc.) Urban)) and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum chumach) and combination hedges of either calliandra or leucaena with napier grass on slopes exceeding 5% to study the effect of vegeta...

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Main Authors: Mutegi, J.K., Mugendi, D.N., Verchot, Louis V., Kung'u, J.B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19950

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