Root competition for phosphorus between ginger and Ailanthus triphysa in Kerala, India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-305

  Thomas, J ^a   Mohan Kumar, B ^a   Wahid, P A ^b   Kamalam, N V ^a   Fisher, R F ^c  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b College of Agriculture   (India)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

32P soil injection; 32P uptake; Root activity; Tree density

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT; SPICE;

INDIA;

EID: 0031736345     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006018020318     Document Type: Article

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