Microclimate modification and response of wheat planted under trees in a fan design in northern India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Kohli, Anshuman ^a,b   Saini, B C ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Net radiation; Solar elevation; Sun angle; Tree pruning; Tree row orientation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; MICROCLIMATE; WHEAT;

INDIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242493632     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026090918747     Document Type: Article

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