Tree species and pruning regime affect crop yield on bench terraces in sw Uganda

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-77

  Siriri, D ^a   Ong, C K ^a   Wilson, J ^b   Boffa, J M ^a   Black, C R ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alnus acuminata; Beans; Calliandra calothyrsus; Competition; Maize; Sesbania sesban

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BEACH; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; MAIZE; PRUNING; SURVIVAL;

ALNUS; ALNUS ACUMINATA; CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71949129651     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9215-0     Document Type: Article

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