Cover crops can increase agricultural sustainability by protecting soil from erosion, increasing biodiversity, and symbiotically incorporating fixed nitrogen (N) into the soil. Nowadays, however, in Uruguay mostly grasses are planted autumn to protect erosion. Another option is study tropical legumes’ performance as cover crops, which fix substantial amounts of short growing periods, thereby br...

A pot experiment was conducted to measure the phyto-tolerance and accumulation of heavy metals in petroleum oily sludge POS by Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea) on soils treated with five different concentrations (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% w/w) POS. The response plant varied significantly from untreated control among various treatments. growth C. slightly (but not significantly) influenced soil; at relativel...

Effects of organic inputs (OIs) on maize grain yield and chemical properties Ultisols were assessed at Msekera Misamfu Agricultural Research Stations in the medium high rainfall regions respectively Zambia. The OIs included biomasses leguminous species Cajanus cajan, Tephrosia vogelii, Crotalaria juncea, in-situ composted native grasses shrubs called fundikila, modified fundikila using Mucuna p...