Nutrient management

Vertisols and soils with vertic properties are an important soil group in the Ethiopian highlands. Poor drainage, soil, water and nutrient erosion are the most serious problems on highland Vertisols. Due to their high moisture- storage capacity, they have high production potential and this potential...

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Main Authors: Haque, I., Abebe, M., Mamo, T., Dibabe, A.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1993
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49869
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author Haque, I.
Abebe, M.
Mamo, T.
Dibabe, A.
author_browse Abebe, M.
Dibabe, A.
Haque, I.
Mamo, T.
author_facet Haque, I.
Abebe, M.
Mamo, T.
Dibabe, A.
author_sort Haque, I.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Vertisols and soils with vertic properties are an important soil group in the Ethiopian highlands. Poor drainage, soil, water and nutrient erosion are the most serious problems on highland Vertisols. Due to their high moisture- storage capacity, they have high production potential and this potential remains underutilised because of the difficulty of managing these soils. This paper summarises available information on chemical properties, N, P and mineralogy. Literature on the P status of soils, P nutrition of forage legumes and crops, mycorrhizae and P nutrition, species and varietal variation in response to P, P sorption isotherms and P fertilisation based on forage-based cropping systems is reviewed. The review also highlights the response of various crops to N in the presence of appropriate rhizobium, microbial studies and biological nitrogen fixation and its cycling in Vertisol cropping.
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spelling CGSpace498692025-11-04T14:12:32Z Nutrient management Haque, I. Abebe, M. Mamo, T. Dibabe, A. highlands vertisols nutrients soil physicochemical properties phosphorus nitrogen nitrogen fixation micronutrients productivity agroforestry Vertisols and soils with vertic properties are an important soil group in the Ethiopian highlands. Poor drainage, soil, water and nutrient erosion are the most serious problems on highland Vertisols. Due to their high moisture- storage capacity, they have high production potential and this potential remains underutilised because of the difficulty of managing these soils. This paper summarises available information on chemical properties, N, P and mineralogy. Literature on the P status of soils, P nutrition of forage legumes and crops, mycorrhizae and P nutrition, species and varietal variation in response to P, P sorption isotherms and P fertilisation based on forage-based cropping systems is reviewed. The review also highlights the response of various crops to N in the presence of appropriate rhizobium, microbial studies and biological nitrogen fixation and its cycling in Vertisol cropping. 1993 2014-10-31T06:08:29Z 2014-10-31T06:08:29Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49869 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Centre for Africa
spellingShingle highlands
vertisols
nutrients
soil physicochemical properties
phosphorus
nitrogen
nitrogen fixation
micronutrients
productivity
agroforestry
Haque, I.
Abebe, M.
Mamo, T.
Dibabe, A.
Nutrient management
title Nutrient management
title_full Nutrient management
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title_short Nutrient management
title_sort nutrient management
topic highlands
vertisols
nutrients
soil physicochemical properties
phosphorus
nitrogen
nitrogen fixation
micronutrients
productivity
agroforestry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49869
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