Roots, soil water and crop yield: Tree crop interactions in a semi-arid agroforestry system in Kenya

Plant and Soil

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-233

  Odhiambo, H O ^a   Ong, C K ^a   Deans, J D ^b   Wilson, J ^b   Khan, A A H ^a   Sprent, J I ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Fine root dynamics; Gliricidia sepium; Grevillea robusta; Soil moisture; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROP YIELD; FINE ROOT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER;

KENYA;

EID: 0034781777     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011959805622     Document Type: Article

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