Root biomass and distribution of five agroforestry tree species

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Das, D K ^a   Chaturvedi, O P ^a,b  

^a RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AGROFORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Main and lateral roots; Root depth; Root spread; Soil binding factor; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOTING; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; PUSA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BOMBAX; BOMBAX CEIBA; PUSA; WENDLANDIA;

EID: 53749091777     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9159-9     Document Type: Article

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