Interspecific complementary and competitive interactions between intercropped maize and faba bean

Plant and Soil

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Li, Long ^a   Yang, Sicun ^b   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Christie, Peter ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Interspecific facilitation; Land equivalent ratio; Relative crowding coefficient; Root interactions

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; MAIZE;

CHINA;

VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032746889     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004656205144     Document Type: Article

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