Competition for water in a hedge-intercrop system

Field Crops Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 151-160

  McIntyre, B D ^a   Riha, S J ^a   Ong, C K ^b  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Intercropping; Maize; Niche differentiation; Relative yield; Root distribution; Senna spectabilis; Soil water uptake

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROP WATER USE; HEDGEROW; HEDGEROW INTERCROPPING; INTERCROPPING; RESOURCE COMPETITION; WATER UPTAKE; YIELD;

CAESALPINIACEAE; FABACEAE; SENNA SPECTABILIS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0030743799     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)01062-3     Document Type: Article

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