Relative competitive abilities and productivity in Ginkgo and broad bean and wheat mixtures in southern China

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-380

  Cao, Fu liang ^a   Kimmins, J P ^b   Jolliffe, P A ^b   Wang, J R ^c  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intercrop; Nitrogen use efficiency; Relative yield; Replacement series; Total land output; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOLIAGE; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL NITROGEN; VECTOR; WHEAT;

CHINA;

GINKGO BILOBA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 77953872340     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9268-0     Document Type: Article

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