Yields of maize/cassava intercrops grown with hedgerows of three multipurpose trees on an acid Ultisol of Cameroon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-122

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

^a Humid Forest Ecoregional Center   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Dactyladenia barteri; Flemingia macrophylla; Intercropping; Senna spectabilis

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; ULTISOL;

DACTYLADENIA BARTERI; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA; SENNA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0033939525     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006351025490     Document Type: Article

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