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Effects of Grass Mulch on Groundnuts in the Gambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

M. I. Ashrif  and
I. Thornton
M. I. Ashrif
Affiliation:
Yundum Experimental Station, The Gambia
I. Thornton
Affiliation:
Yundum Experimental Station, The Gambia
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Summary

The effect of grass mulch on groundnut yield and shelling percentage has been studied at three locations in the Gambia. Yield increases have been mainly attributed to physical factors but residual increases were found for only one year after application. Mulching gave rise to significant increases in exchangeable soil potassium, in percentage potassium in the plant at harvest and in total potassium uptake by the plant. In the absence of response to potassium fertilizer, increased uptake was ascribed to luxury consumption. It was suggested that reduced shelling percentage from mulched plots was due to potassium-calcium antagonism.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , April 1965 , pp. 145 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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