Performance of a maize/cassava intercrop in tilled and no-till Senna spectabilis alley cropping on an Ultisol in southern Cameroon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-188

  Hauser, S ^a,d   Ndi, J N ^b   Hulugalle, N R ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hedgerow intercropping

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; CASSAVA; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; ULTISOL;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0033922882     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006394608271     Document Type: Article

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