Abstract
Effect of mycorrhizal inoculation and two pruning regimes in experimental alley cropping treatments on the leaf biomass and nutrient yield of sole and mixed Gliricidia sepium (a nodulating plant) and Senna siamea (a non-nodulating plant) were investigated both in the greenhouse and in the field. The impact of the mixtures of these legumes as hedgerows on maize and one cultivar of cassava was also studied in the field. Gliricidia sepium prunnings were found to have high nutrient yields, notably 358.4 kg ha-1 of N and 14.7 kg ha-1 of P as well as fast decomposition and nutrient release. In both Gliricidia and Senna, there were similar leaf dry matter values in sole and mixed inoculated or non-inoculated trees for either of the pruning regime and for most of the pruning harvests, although significant differences occurred between inoculated and non-inoculated mixed or sole trees. There was no difference between the total leaf dry matter of the 2- and 3-month pruning regimes in G. sepium. However, in contrast to G. sepium, the total leaf dry matter of the 2-month pruning regime of S. siamea was lower than its 3-month pruning regime, except for sole non-inoculated trees. Generally, inoculation and mixing of trees in the same hedgerows significantly increased the total N and P yield in G. sepium and S. siamea with greater values in the former than the latter. In G. sepium and except for mixed inoculated trees, while total N yield in the leaf was higher in 3-monthly pruned than 2-monthly pruned trees, the converse was the case for P. For S. siamea, the total N and P yields were higher in 3-monthly than 2-monthly pruned trees. Mycorrhizal inoculations consistently increased the yield of the cassava root tuber and maize grain over their non-inoculated counterparts.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Gliricidia sepium prunings had high nutrient yield of 358.4 kg ha-1 of N
- Taxon
- Gliricidia sepium
Gliricidia sepiume0 - Organ / stage
- prunningse0
- Outcome
- nutrient yieldse0
- Value
- 358.4 kg ha-1 of Ne0
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Verbatim
e0“Gliricidia sepium prunnings were found to have high nutrient yields, notably 358.4 kg ha-1 of N and 14.7 kg ha-1 of P as well as fast decomposition and nutrient release”
Claim · model-written summary
Gliricidia sepium prunings had high nutrient yield of 14.7 kg ha-1 of P
- Taxon
- Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Organ / stage
- prunningse0
- Outcome
- nutrient yieldse0
- Value
- 14.7 kg ha-1 of Pe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Gliricidia sepium prunnings were found to have high nutrient yields, notably 358.4 kg ha-1 of N and 14.7 kg ha-1 of P as well as fast decomposition and nutrient release”
Claim · model-written summary
Gliricidia sepium prunings showed fast decomposition and nutrient release
- Taxon
- Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Organ / stage
- prunningse0
- Outcome
- decomposition and nutrient releasee0
- Qualifier
- faste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Gliricidia sepium prunnings were found to have high nutrient yields, notably 358.4 kg ha-1 of N and 14.7 kg ha-1 of P as well as fast decomposition and nutrient release”
Claim · model-written summary
Total leaf dry matter of Gliricidia sepium did not differ between 2- and 3-month pruning regimes
- Taxon
- G. sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Outcome
- total leaf dry mattere0
- Qualifier
- 2- and 3-month pruning regimese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was no difference between the total leaf dry matter of the 2- and 3-month pruning regimes in G. sepium”
Claim · model-written summary
Total leaf dry matter of Senna siamea was lower under the 2-month pruning regime than under the 3-month pruning regime, except for sole non-inoculated trees
- Taxon
- S. siamea
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Senna siameae0 - Treatment
- 2-month pruning regimee0
- Outcome
- total leaf dry mattere0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Qualifier
- except for sole non-inoculated treese0
- Comparator
- 3-month pruning regimee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“the total leaf dry matter of the 2-month pruning regime of S. siamea was lower than its 3-month pruning regime, except for sole non-inoculated trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation and mixing of trees in hedgerows significantly increased total N and P yield of Gliricidia sepium
- Taxon
- G. sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Treatment
- inoculation and mixing of treese0
- Outcome
- total N and P yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“inoculation and mixing of trees in the same hedgerows significantly increased the total N and P yield in G. sepium and S. siamea”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation and mixing of trees in hedgerows significantly increased total N and P yield of Senna siamea
- Taxon
- S. siameaSenna siameae0
- Treatment
- inoculation and mixing of treese0
- Outcome
- total N and P yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“inoculation and mixing of trees in the same hedgerows significantly increased the total N and P yield in G. sepium and S. siamea”
Claim · model-written summary
Total N yield in the leaf of Gliricidia sepium was higher under 3-monthly than 2-monthly pruning, except for mixed inoculated trees
- Taxon
- G. sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Treatment
- 3-monthly prunede0
- Outcome
- total N yield in the leafe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- except for mixed inoculated treese0
- Comparator
- 2-monthly prunede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In G. sepium and except for mixed inoculated trees, while total N yield in the leaf was higher in 3-monthly pruned than 2-monthly pruned trees, the converse was the case for P”
Claim · model-written summary
Total P yield in the leaf of Gliricidia sepium was lower under 3-monthly than 2-monthly pruning
- Taxon
- G. sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Treatment
- 3-monthly prunede0
- Outcome
- Pe0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Comparator
- 2-monthly prunede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In G. sepium and except for mixed inoculated trees, while total N yield in the leaf was higher in 3-monthly pruned than 2-monthly pruned trees, the converse was the case for P”
Claim · model-written summary
Total N and P yields of Senna siamea were higher under 3-monthly than 2-monthly pruning
- Taxon
- S. siameaSenna siameae0
- Treatment
- 3-monthlye0
- Outcome
- total N and P yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- 2-monthly prunede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For S. siamea, the total N and P yields were higher in 3-monthly than 2-monthly pruned trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal inoculation consistently increased maize grain yield over non-inoculated plants
- Treatment
- Mycorrhizal inoculationse0
- Outcome
- maize graine0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- consistentlye0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated counterpartse0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mycorrhizal inoculations consistently increased the yield of the cassava root tuber and maize grain over their non-inoculated counterparts”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal inoculation consistently increased cassava root tuber yield over non-inoculated plants
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Treatment
- Mycorrhizal inoculationse0
- Outcome
- root tubere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- consistentlye0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated counterpartse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mycorrhizal inoculations consistently increased the yield of the cassava root tuber and maize grain over their non-inoculated counterparts”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated and non-inoculated mixed or sole Gliricidia sepium trees differed significantly in leaf biomass
- Taxon
- Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia sepiume0
- Outcome
- leaf biomasse0
- Qualifier
- significant differencese1
- Comparator
- non-inoculatede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“on the leaf biomass and nutrient yield of sole and mixed Gliricidia sepium (a nodulating plant) and Senna siamea (a non-nodulating plant)”
e1“although significant differences occurred between inoculated and non-inoculated mixed or sole trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated and non-inoculated mixed or sole Senna siamea trees differed significantly in leaf biomass
- Taxon
- Senna siameaSenna siameae0
- Outcome
- leaf biomasse0
- Qualifier
- significant differencese1
- Comparator
- non-inoculatede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“on the leaf biomass and nutrient yield of sole and mixed Gliricidia sepium (a nodulating plant) and Senna siamea (a non-nodulating plant)”
e1“although significant differences occurred between inoculated and non-inoculated mixed or sole trees”
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