Alley cropping on an ultisol in subhumid Benin. Part 2: Changes in crop physiology and tree crop competition

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-25

  Leihner, D E ^a   Ernst Schaeben, R ^a   Akonde T P ^a   Steinmuller N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

crop growth rate; harvest index; intercropping; leaf area index; light transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029851594     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00129629     Document Type: Article

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