Benefits of plant strips for sustainable mountain agriculture

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-505

  Zuazo, Victor Hugo Durán ^a   Pleguezuelo, Carmen Rocío Rodríguez ^a   Martínez, José Ramón Francia ^a   Raya, Armando Martínez ^a   Panadero, Lorenzo Arroyo ^a   Rodríguez, Belén Cárceles ^a   Moll, Maria Concepción Navarro ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almond orchards; Aromatic shrub cover strips; Biomass production; Hillslope erosion; Mountainous agriculture; Soil management systems

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FARMING SYSTEM; MONOCULTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORCHARD; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

OXYODON; PRUNUS DULCIS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALVIA; SALVIA LAVANDULIFOLIA; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS BAETICUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 55549121246     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2008020     Document Type: Article

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