Early growth and nutritional response to resource competition in cocoa-shade intercropped systems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 243-254

  Isaac, M E ^a   Ulzen Appiah, F ^b   Timmer, V R ^a   Quashie Sam, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Ghana; Leaf decomposition; Mineralization; Theobroma cacao; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DICOTYLEDON; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MINERALIZATION; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SUPERBA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34548636059     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9362-x     Document Type: Article

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