Contrasting rooting patterns of some arid-zone fruit tree species from Botswana - I. Fine root distribution

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Oppelt, Armin L ^a   Kurth, Winfried ^b   Jentschke, Georg ^c   Godbold, Douglas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexisting species; Exploitation; Exploration; Grewia flava; Strychnos spp.; Vangueria infausta

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FRUIT; ROOTING;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

GREWIA; GREWIA FLAVA; LOGANIACEAE; MALVACEAE; RUBIACEAE; STRYCHNOS; STRYCHNOS COCCULOIDES; STRYCHNOS SPINOSA; VANGUERIA INFAUSTA;

EID: 19944423494     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-2402-8     Document Type: Article

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