Cassava-based intercropping systems on Sumatra Island in Indonesia: Productivity, soil erosion, and rooting zone

Plant Production Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-355

  Iijima, Morio ^a   Izumi, Yasuhiro ^b   Yuliadi, Erwin ^c   Sunyoto, ^c   Ardjasa, Wayan Sabe ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAMPUNG   (Indonesia)

^d AARD   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cassava; Crop rotation; Intercropping; Manihot esculenta Crantz; Mulching; Red acid soil; Rooting depth; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; INSECTA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4644307261     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.7.347     Document Type: Article

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