Grain Legumes and Green Manures for Soil Fertility in ... - cimmyt
Grain Legumes and Green Manures for Soil Fertility in ... - cimmyt
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Key Papers<br />
Contents <br />
Introduction <strong>and</strong> conference objectives <br />
Stephen Wadd<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>and</strong> Mulugetta Mekuria ............... ............................................................... 1 <br />
Enhanc<strong>in</strong>g the contribution of legumes <strong>and</strong> biological nitrogen fixation <strong>in</strong> cropp<strong>in</strong>g systems:<br />
Experiences from West Africa<br />
Bernard Vanlauwe, Andre Bationo, R.J. Carsky, J. Diels, N. Sang<strong>in</strong>ga <strong>and</strong> S. Schulz .................,.....3 <br />
<strong>Legumes</strong> <strong>for</strong> soil fertility <strong>in</strong> Southern Africa : Needs, potential <strong>and</strong> realities <br />
Ed Rowe <strong>and</strong> Ken Giller ........ .................. ..... .... ..... ... ............... ............... .... ........... ... ...............15 <br />
Pathways <strong>for</strong> fitt<strong>in</strong>g legumes <strong>in</strong>to East African highl<strong>and</strong> farm<strong>in</strong>g systems: A dual approach <br />
Tilahun Amede .............................. ..................................................... ........... ........................21 <br />
Questions <strong>and</strong> answers............................................ ................................. ..............................31 <br />
Rhizobium, N Fixation <strong>and</strong> Microbiology<br />
Promot<strong>in</strong>g new BNF technologies among smallholder farmers: A success story from Zimbabwe <br />
Sheunesu Mpepereki <strong>and</strong> Ishmael Pompi ..................................................................................33 <br />
Response of bean (Phaseolus VUlgaris, L.) cultivars to <strong>in</strong>oculation <strong>and</strong> nitrogen fertilizer <strong>in</strong> Zambia <br />
Friday Sikombe, Obed I Lungu, Kalaluka Muny<strong>in</strong>da <strong>and</strong> Masauso Sakala ...................................... 39 <br />
Role of phosphorus <strong>and</strong> arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on nodulation <strong>and</strong> shoot nitrogen content <strong>in</strong> <br />
groundnut <strong>and</strong> lablab bean <br />
Ylver L. Besmer, R. T. Koide <strong>and</strong> S.J. Twomlow .......................... ........... ....................................43 <br />
Soyabean yield response to different rhizobial <strong>in</strong>oculation rates on selected s<strong>and</strong>y soils <strong>in</strong> Zimbabwe<br />
Ngoni Chir<strong>in</strong>da, S. Mpepereki, R. Zengeni <strong>and</strong> K. E. Giller ............................................................47 <br />
Survival <strong>and</strong> persistence of <strong>in</strong>troduced commercial rhizobia I <strong>in</strong>oculant stra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> selected smallholder <br />
field environments of Zimbabwe <br />
Rebecca Zengem~ Sheunesu Mpepereki <strong>and</strong> Ken E. Giller ........................................................... 53 <br />
Integrat<strong>in</strong>g organic resource quality <strong>and</strong> farmer management practices to susta<strong>in</strong> soil productivity <strong>in</strong> <br />
Zimbabwe <br />
Florence Mtambanengwe <strong>and</strong> Paul Mapfumo ......................... .. .. ............... .. ................ ..............57 <br />
Questions <strong>and</strong> answers................................: ..... .................... ............ .....................................65 <br />
Screen<strong>in</strong>g of Annual <strong>Legumes</strong> <strong>for</strong> Adaptation <strong>and</strong> Use<br />
Add<strong>in</strong>g a new dimension to the improved fallow concept through <strong>in</strong>digenous herbaceous legumes<br />
Paul Mapfum0, Florence Mtambanengwe, Sheunesu Mpepereki <strong>and</strong> Ken Giller .......... .... ................67 <br />
Screen<strong>in</strong>g of short duration pigeonpea <strong>in</strong> Matabelel<strong>and</strong><br />
Bongani Ncube, Tafadzwa Manjala <strong>and</strong> Steve Twomlow ............................................................ 75 <br />
Risk diversification opportunities through legumes <strong>in</strong> smallholder farm<strong>in</strong>g systems <strong>in</strong> ~he semi-arid <br />
areas of Zimbabwe <br />
Richard Foti, Joseph Rusike <strong>and</strong> John Dimes ............................................................................79