Imperata management strategies used in smallholder rubber-based farming systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 83-104

  Bagnall Oakeley, H ^a   Conroy, C ^b   Faiz, A ^c   Gunawan, A ^d   Gouyon, A ^e   Penot, E ^a   Liangsutthissagon, S ^a   Nguyen, H D ^f   Anwar, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c CIKAD CP   (France)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^e Office of Rubber Replanting Aid Fund   (Thailand)

^f Rubber Research Institute of Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Farming systems research; Hevea brasiliensis; Imperata cylindrica; Jungle rubber; Rubber; Smallholder; Southeast Asia; Transmigration; Weed control

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY SECTOR; GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT; IMPERATA CONTROL; IMPERATA GRASSLAND; INTERCROPPING; RUBBER CULTIVATION; RUBBER PLANTATION; SMALLHOLDER SECTOR; SMALLHOLDERS; WEED CONTROL;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; IMPERATA; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 0030389681     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00142868     Document Type: Review

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