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A system of crop and soil management for the wet season production of food crops on a heavy clay soil in Guyana: 2. Effect of mulching and tillage on germination, growth, nutrient uptake and yield

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Leslie A. Simpson
Department of Soil Science, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
Frank A. Gumbs
Department of Soil Science, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
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Keywords

Mulching
Tillage
Germination
Growth
Nutrient uptake
Yield
Cowpeas
Maize
Heavy clay soil
Guyana

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A system of crop and soil management for the wet season production of food crops on a heavy clay soil in Guyana: 2. Effect of mulching and tillage on germination, growth, nutrient uptake and yield. (1986). Tropical Agriculture, 63(4). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2155
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Abstract

The effects of tillage and the application of vegetative mulch to a heavy clay soil in the minor and major wet seasons were studied. Mulching in the minor wet season increased germination, growth. N and P uptake in cowpeas. Mulch applied in the major wet season decreased germination, growth and cob yield in maize, with tillage having little effect.
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