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Mulch-L Electronic
Discussion Group
-Traffic (2001-2005)-
• Mulches
• Nutrient and Soil Management/Organic Inputs
• Green
Manure/Cover Crops
| • Country | • Species | • Crop/Multi-use |
| • Pest Management | • Climate/elevation | • Methods/technology |
Note: for additional discussions, see the 1997/98 discussion archives
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Mulches
- Compost vs mulch
- Mulching in rice fields and SRI
- No-till (tropical vs temperate; herbicide use?)
- Slugs in mulch-based agriculture
- Soil moisture under mulch
- Soil temperature under mulch
- Sugarcane trash as mulch in the Philippines
- Woodchip/sawdust amendments to soil
Nutrient and Soil Management; Organic Inputs
- Advantages of no-till for home gardens in South Africa
- Building soil fertility without inorganic NPK (especially P)
- Coffee nutrition management with organic inputs
- Compost vs mulch
- Compost tea
- Conservation agriculture and soil quality (in Africa)
- Cover crops on calcareous soils in Guam
- Organic inputs in sandy soils
- Reducing nitrogen availability in soil
- Woodchip/sawdust amendments to soil
Green Manure/Cover Crops (GMCCs)
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- Country-specific
GMCC discussions
- Guam
- Honduras -use of mucuna on steep slopes
- India -green manures in rice-wheat systems
- Indonesia -general GMCCs
- Indonesia -intercropping of grasses/fodder
- Indonesia -gmcc's for Kalimantan
- Laos
- Madagascar
- Peru - tarwi as gm, rotation and intercrop
- Rwanda
- South Africa - advantages of no-till for home gardens
- South
Africa - cooler climates (Vicia faba, Phaseolus
coccineus
and Lathyrus) - Tobago (West Indies)
- Vietnam
- Arachis pintoi as a seed source
- Bush sitao
- Desmodium ovalifolium
- Crawling cowpea in upland rice
- Lathyrus spp..- in cooler climates
- Lupin inoculant
- Lupinus mutabilis (tarwi) - green manure systems in Peru
- Lupin (tarwi) - seed sources, varieties, diseases
- Lupin (tarwi) - phosphorus accumulation
- Lupine (tarwi) - as cover crop and other neglected Andean grains/pulses
- Marigold and Alfalfa in Tobago
- Mucuna -compost vs mulch
- Mucuna -control of nut grass
- Mucuna -status as a weed
- Mucuna -on steep slopes in humid zones
- Phaseolus coccineus -use in cooler climate
- Rice bean
- Tephrosia vogelii - seed sources
- Vicia faba - use in cooler climates
- Andean grains/pulses
- Coffee
- Corn
- Upland rice - crawling cowpea use
- Rice paddies
- Mulching in rice and SRI
- Rice/wheat - in India
- Oversowing
small-seeded legumes with wheat or rice
for postharvest pasture - Nitrogen fixing trees as fodder in Vietnam
- Compost tea
- Mucuna's status as a weed
- Nut grass (Cyperus rotundus) control with cover crops (mucuna)
- Nematode control with cover crops in Tobago (West Indies)
- (for slugs, see mulch section below)
- GMCCs
in cooler climates (South Africa)
(Vicia faba, Phaseolus coccineus and Lathyrus) - Lupinus mutabilis (tarwi)/GMCCs in Peru
- Lupine (tarwi) cover crop and other neglected Andean grains/pulses
- High elevation green manures and forages (vetch, choreque, lotus, alfalfa, pea, lupin, faba beans, chinapopo)
- Mucuna on steep slopes in humid zones
- Estimating soil cover with photos
- Sampling of soil macroflora and -fauna
- Harvesting/processing/scarification/dormancy of GMCCs
- Cover crop photoperiod sensitivity
- No-till (tropical vs temperate; herbicide use)
- No-till advantages for home gardens in South Africa
- Conservation agriculture and soil quality (in Africa)
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