caa a22 4500 477110347 CHVBK 20180405111607.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00011169 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00011169 Nutrient availability of earthworm casts collected from under selected woody agroforestry species [Elektronische Daten] [B. Kang, A. Ojo] Pot experiments were carried out to assess the nutrient availability of earthworm casts (wormcasts) of Hyperiodrilus africanus that were collected from plots of Dactyladenia barteri, Leucaena leucocephala and Treculia africana grown on an Alfisol (Oxic paleustalf) as affected by drying and grinding, different periods of pre-incubation of ground wormcasts, and fertilizer application. Experiments were carried out using a double pot technique and rice (Oryza sativa) was used as test crop. Wormcasts had a higher nutrient status than corresponding surface soils. Rice grown on wormcasts produced higher shoot dry weight and showed higher nutrient uptake, lower fertilizer response than rice grown on surface soils. Poor rice growth and nutrient uptake when grown on unground wormcasts are attributed to high bulk density of the wormcasts. Preincubation of the wormcasts did not benefit the crop. Drying and grinding and fumigation of wet wormcasts improved rice plant growth and nutrient uptake. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Hyperiodrilus africanus nationallicence nutrient availability nationallicence woody species nationallicence wormcasts nationallicence Kang B. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria aut Ojo A. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria aut Plant and Soil Kluwer Academic Publishers; gopher://gopher.wkap.nl 178/1(1996-01-01), 113-119 0032-079X 178:1<113 1996 178 11104 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011169 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011169 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kang B. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ojo A. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant and Soil Kluwer Academic Publishers; gopher://gopher.wkap.nl/ 178/1(1996-01-01), 113-119 0032-079X 178:1<113 1996 178 11104 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer