Resource competition in contour hedgerow intercropping systems involving different shrub species with mature and young tea on sloping highlands in Sri Lanka

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-405

  De Costa, W A J M ^a,b   Surenthran, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HEDGEROW; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; TEA; YIELD;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EUPATORIUM; FLEMINGIA; FLEMINGIA CONGESTA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; SENNA; SENNA SPECTABILIS; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 26244463833     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859605005563     Document Type: Article

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