Modeling light availability for a subordinate crop within a strip-intercropping system

Field Crops Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-89

  Munz, Sebastian ^a   Graeff Hönninger, Simone ^a   Lizaso, Jon I ^b   Chen, Qing ^c   Claupein, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bean; Intercropping; Light distribution; Maize; Modeling; View factors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; INTERCROPPING; LABOR SUPPLY; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEGUME; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RESOURCE USE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888206019     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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