Maximizing crop yield in alley crops

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Vandermeer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Prunings

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; CROP YIELD;

EID: 0031822193     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006072303989     Document Type: Article

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