<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete"^^ . "Trials were carried out in 2012/2013 short and 2013 long seasons at Kabete site representing a warm\r\nand wet environment in Kenya to determine, the appropriateness of combining fertilizer levels for\r\nmaize and population levels with tied ridges for beans, as adaptation measures under changing\r\nclimate. The maize experiment consisted of three fertilizer levels of 0, 20 and 40 kg/ha N while the\r\nbean experiment had three spacings of 12, 15 and 20 cm in a split plot design. The experiments were\r\nreplicated thrice and consisted of conventional tillage and tied ridges as main plots representing the\r\ntwo soil water management practices while the three soil fertility levels (in maize N0, N20 and N40) or\r\nspacing options (12, 15 and 20cm) were sub plots in a Completely Randomized Block Design. The\r\nridges were tied at intervals of 1 m and spaced at recommended crop spacings (i.e. 75cm for maize and\r\n45cm for beans) and the crop planted on the slope of the ridge in 6 by 5 m plots. Basal phosphate (P205)\r\nfertilizer in the form of Triple Superphosphate was applied at planting time at the rate of 40kg/ha.\r\nNitrogen in the form of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate was applied at 20 Kg/ha in the 20 and 40 N\r\ntreatments at planting and further 20kg/ha N top dressed in the 40 treatment level. Harvesting was\r\ndone at physiological maturity of grain which was air dried. Statistical analysis was done of the\r\ntreatments and comparisons done of the adaptation advantages of the treatments. Tied ridging\r\nincreased maize yields at the medium fertilizer level of 20 (+5.22%) but were negative under both zero\r\n(-15.56%) and 40 kg/ha application of fertilizers (-5.42%). In the short season, increased bean spacing\r\nfrom 12 to 20 decreased yields under normal (-13.6%) and tied ridges (-37.3%) but remained higher at\r\npopulations of 12 and 15. In the long season increasing bean population from spacing of 12 cm to 20 had\r\nno advantage and under tied ridging compared to normal tillage. Tied ridging as a climate change\r\nadaptive measure should not be instituted as a blanket recommendation across rainfall regimes, crops,\r\nfertilization levels or plant populations and is more advantageous in drier seasons."^^ . "2013" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A O"^^ . "Esilaba"^^ . "A O Esilaba"^^ . . "K P C"^^ . "Rao"^^ . "K P C Rao"^^ . . "J W"^^ . "Onyango"^^ . "J W Onyango"^^ . . . . "Joint proceedings of the 27th Soil Science Society of East Africa and the 6th African Soil Science Society"^^ . . . . . "Nakuru, Kenya"^^ . . . . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "isricu_i34330_001.pdf"^^ . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Critical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #10186 \n\nCritical analysis of tillage practices with fertility levels in maize and populations in beans as adaptation measures to climate change to enhance food security at Kabete\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Maize"@en . . . "Climate Change"@en . . . "Food Security"@en . . . "African Agriculture"@en . . . "Legume Crops"@en . .