Pigeon pea for fallow improvement in slash-and-burn systems in the hills of Laos?

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Roder, W ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cajanus cajan; Intercropping; Rotation; Upland rice; Weeds

Indexed keywords

CROPPING SYSTEM; FALLOWING; INTERCROPPING; PIGEONPEA; PIGEONPEA PRODUCTION; RICE; SLASH AND BURN; WEED CONTROL; WEED SUPPRESSION; YIELD;

LAOS, HOUAY KHOT;

CAJAN; CAJANUS CAJAN; COLUMBA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GRAMINICOLA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; MELOIDOGYNE GRAMINICOLA; NEMATODA; ORYZA SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031421743     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005918316157     Document Type: Article

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