Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of the leaves of three tropical legumes . Biotropica 22 ( 4 ) : 330-338 . Rosccrance , R.C. , Brewbaker , J.L. and Fownes , J.H. 1992. Alley cropping of maize with nine leguminous trees .

Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association , Hawaii ( EUA ) . ... Nitrogen Fixing Tree Research Reports ( EUA ) . ... and nitrogen supply in modelled alley cropping systems of Erythrina poeppigiana with sequential maize - bean cultivation .

Crop - tree interactions in alley cropping systems on alluvial soils of the Upper Amazon Basin . ... Agroforestry Systems 9 : 259-274 . ... Soil properties affected by the use of leguminous shrubs for alley cropping with maize .

Alley Cropping Application of mulch of leguminous trees or alley cropping with Erythrina poeppigiana was able to maintain maize and bean yields at -1 2.6 and 1.0 t ha over three years . There was less acidification of the soil and less ...

BUDOWSKI , G .; KASS , D.C.L. y RUSSO , R.O. Leguminous trees for shade . Pesq . ... KANG , B.T .; GRIME , H. y LAWSON , T.L. Alley cropping sequentially cropped maize and cowpea with Leucaena on a sandy soil in southern Nigeria .

Yields of maize and beans on alley cropping plots ( where trees were not pruned ) were less than on other plots . * CR - INFORAT 30054 KASS , D.C.L .; CATIE ... Alley cropping of annual food crops with woody legumes in Costa Rica .

O.F. Cook and non - leguminous ( Cordia alliodora ) shade tree ; 2 ) coffee with and without shade of E. poeppigiana at different fertilizer levels ; 3 ) a maize - bean rotation with different organic amendments including alley farming ...

9. There are also several examples to show that forests and other tree communities favourably influence the ... of an arable crop such as maize directly in a living cover of a low - growing plant ( legume or grass ) is a further ...

Source Soil type Depth of sampling Times of sampling Hedley et al . , 1982 Unstated Incubated 9 months Udic ... legume rotation , samples incubated 10 days 5 , 30 and 90 days after planting maize in mulched , alley farmed and control ...