Yield of plantain grown under different tree densities and 'slash and mulch' versus 'slash and burn' management in an agrisilvicultural system in southern Cameroon

Field Crops Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 185-195

  Norgrove, L ^a   Hauser, S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Int'l Inst of Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Burning; Humid tropics; Leaf production rate; Mulching; Tree density

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

INTERCROPPING;

DEFORESTATION;

AGROFORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MULCHING; SMALLHOLDER;

CAMEROON;

MUSA; MUSA SP.; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PLANTAGO; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS; XANTHOSOMA; XANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0036836325     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(02)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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