Shrubby legumes for fallow improvement in northern Laos: Establishment, fallow biomass, weeds, rice yield, and soil properties

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-303

  Roder, W ^a   Maniphone, S ^b  

^a RNR RC Jakar   (Bhutan)

^b LAO IRRI Project   (Laos)

Author keywords

Calliandra calothyrsus; Crotalaria anagyroides; Flemingia congesta; Leucaena leucocephala; Slash and burn

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOMASS; FALLOW; FALLOW VEGETATION; LEGUME PLANTING; RICE; RICE YIELD; SHRUB LEGUME; SLASH AND BURN PRODUCTION; SOIL PROPERTY; WEED;

LAOS;

CAJANUS CAJAN; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; CROTALARIA ANAGYROIDES; FLEMINGIA CONGESTA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 0031774733     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005958729929     Document Type: Article

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