Water use efficiency and uptake patterns in a runoff agroforestry system in an arid environment

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-243

  Droppelmann, K J ^b   Lehmann, J ^a   Ephrath, J E ^a   Berliner, P R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Complementarity; Cowpea; Intercropping; Resource capture; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; WATER USE;

ACACIA SALIGNA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0033852578     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006352623333     Document Type: Article

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