Crop yield and tree-leaf production in three planting patterns of temperate-zone alley cropping in Oregon, USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-288

  Seiter, S ^a   William, R D ^a   Hibbs, D E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus rubra; Hedgerow intercropping; Robina pseudoacacia; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; LEAF; TREE; YIELD;

UNITED STATES;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; PSEUDOACACIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033394711     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006204018212     Document Type: Article

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