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Green Gram Rotation Effects on Maize Growth Parameters and Soil Quality in Myanmar


 
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1. Title Title of document Green Gram Rotation Effects on Maize Growth Parameters and Soil Quality in Myanmar
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Myo Kywe; Department of Agronomy, Yezin Agricultural University, Yezin, 05282, Myanmar; Myanmar
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Maria R. Finckh; Ecological Crop Protection, University of Kassel, D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany; Germany
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Andreas Buerkert; Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Kassel, D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany; Germany
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Agronomy and Crop Science
 
3. Subject Keyword(s) Maize; Green gram; Rotation; Manure; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Myanmar
 
4. Description Abstract At present maize–green gram crop rotations are not widely practiced among farmers in Myanmar. However, this cropping system might become more popular in the future given raising prices for green gram and maize grain and scarcity of mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizers in this Asian country. The results of a cropping systems experiment with continuous maize versus a green gram-maize rotation, manure application (0 and 2 t ha−1) and phosphorus (P) fertilization (0 and 15 kg P ha−1) in each of five consecutive seasons revealed a strong decline in total dry matter and grains yields for both crops irrespective of the treatment. Treatment effects on yield components, nutrient concentrations, mycorrhizal infection and nematode infestation were small or negligible. The data show that in addition to manure used at 2 t ha−1, application of mineral N fertilizers is essential to maintain particularly maize yields. A comparison of different green gram cultivars did not indicate genotype specific effects on maize growth. The incorporation of legume residues, unless they are used as animal feed, is recommended to increase the recycling of N and to balance N fluxes when green gram is cultivated for seed.
 
5. Publisher Organizing agency, location German Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics (DITSL GmbH)
 
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7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2008-11-01
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/64
 
11. Source Title; vol., no. (year) Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS); Vol 109, No 2 (2008)
 
12. Language English=en en
 
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