Agroforestry for soil and water conservation in the western Himalayan Valley Region of India: 2. Crop and tree production

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-203

  Narain, Pratap ^a   Singh, R K ^a   Sindhwal, N S ^a   Joshie, P ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Biomass production; Contour tree rows; Land equivalent ratio; Leucaena hedgerows

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; GRAIN; HIMALAYA; RHIZOME; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

CHRYSOPOGON FULVUS; CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA; EUCALYPTUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA HEDGEROWS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031433155     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005900229886     Document Type: Article

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