Defining competition vectors in a temperate alley cropping system in the midwestern USA; 1. Production physiology

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-40

  Gillespie, A R ^a   Jose, S ^a   Mengel, D B ^a   Hoover, W L ^a   Pope, P E ^a   Seifert, J R ^a   Biehle, D J ^a   Stall, T ^a   Benjamin, T J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize yield; PAR; Root barrier; Spatial variability; Tree crop interactions

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; COMPETITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034087590     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006285205553     Document Type: Article

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