A comparison of pod production and insect ratings of 12 elite Prosopis alba clones in a 5-year semi-arid Argentine field trial

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-383

  Ewens, Mauricio ^a   Felker, Peter ^a  

^a Universidad Catolica de Santiago del Estero   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Hardwood lumber; Mesquite; Nitrogen fixing trees; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARGENTINA; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; DIAMETER GROWTH; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEMS; FIELD TRIAL; GENE POOLS; GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS; HARDWOOD LUMBERS; HIGH WINDS; INSECT RESISTANCE; LUMBER PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXING TREES; RAPID GROWTH; SALT TOLERANT; SEED ORCHARD; SEMI ARID; SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS; SENSORY PROPERTIES; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; THREE CLONES;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

LUMBER;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; CANOPY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; INSECT; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORCHARD; PH; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINITY; SALT; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SUCROSE; TOLERANCE;

FIXING; HARDWOODS; LUMBER; MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN; PROSOPIS; SALINITY; SUGAR; TREES;

ARGENTINA; MESQUITE; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS ALBA;

EID: 77954785419     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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