Impacts of the continuous maize cultivation on soil properties in Sainyabuli province, Laos

Abstract In tropical mountainous areas, soil degradation and yield decrease have been anticipated due to conversion from shifting to continuous cultivation and the introduction of cash crops. In our previous report, we quantified the decrease in maize yield under continuous cultivation in farmers’ f...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiko Fujisao, Phanthasin Khanthavong, Saythong Oudthachit, Naruo Matsumoto, Koki Homma, Hidetoshi Asai, Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67830-9