Changes in soil properties and nematode population status under planted and natural fallows in land use systems of southern Cameroon

Changes in soil properties and nematode population status under Flemingia macrophylla [(Willd.) Merrill], Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth, and natural bush fallows were assessed in three villages in southern Cameroon. In each village, experiments were set up in a 4–5 year-old bush fallow dominat...

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Published in:Agroforestry systems 2011-07, Vol.82 (3), p.263-273
Main Authors: Banful, B., Hauser, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Animal populations
Biological and medical sciences
Biological control
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Chromolaena odorata
Fallow land
Forestry
Forests
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Helicotylenchus multicinctus
Land use
Life Sciences
Nematoda
Nematodes
Organic carbon
Physical properties
Population density
Population status
Pueraria
Regrowth
Soil
Soil density
Soil physical properties
soil properties
Soil sciences
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Summary:Changes in soil properties and nematode population status under Flemingia macrophylla [(Willd.) Merrill], Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth, and natural bush fallows were assessed in three villages in southern Cameroon. In each village, experiments were set up in a 4–5 year-old bush fallow dominated by Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King and H. Rob and a more than 20 year-old secondary forest. Total aboveground biomass production of P. phaseoloides was 7.45 Mg ha −1 , 4.2 times higher than F. macrophylla (1.78 Mg ha −1 ; P  
ISSN:0167-4366
1572-9680
DOI:10.1007/s10457-011-9394-3