Maize-mucuna (Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC) relay intercropping in the lowland tropics of Timor-Leste

Field Crops Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 272-280

  Correia, Marcos Vidal ^a   Pereira, Leandro C R ^a   De Almeida, Luis ^b,c   Williams, Robert L ^b,c   Freach, Joseph ^b,c   Nesbitt, Harry ^b,c   Erskine, William ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Timor-Leste)

^b Seeds of Life   (Timor-Leste)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Legume fallow; Soil fertility; Velvet bean; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAIZE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; WEED CONTROL;

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84891371350     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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