Growth and yield of eight agroforestry tree species in line plantings in Western Kenya and their effect on maize yields and soil properties

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-135

  Heineman, A M ^a,d   Otieno, H J O ^b   Mengich, E K ^b   Amadalo, B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calliandra; Cassia; Fallow; Gliricidia; Intercropping; Kenya; Leucaena; Nutrients; Se nna; Sesbania

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH; CROP YIELD; GROWTH; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; MAIZE YIELD; MULCHING; SOIL PROPERTIES; TREE; TREE SPECIES; TREE SPECIES EVALUATION; YIELD;

KENYA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; FABACEAE; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA COLLINSII; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; POACEAE; SENNA; SENNA SIAMEA; SENNA SPECTABILIS; SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA; SESBANIA SESBAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030616895     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03885-6     Document Type: Article

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