Combining δ13C measurements and ERT imaging: improving our understanding of competition at the crop-soil-hedge interface

Plant and Soil

Volumn 393, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Hussain, Khalid ^a,f   Wongleecharoen, Chalermchart ^a,d   Hilger, Thomas ^a   Vanderborght, Jan ^b,e   Garré, Sarah ^c   Onsamrarn, Wattanai ^d   Sparke, Marc André ^a   Diels, Jan ^e   Kongkaew, Thanuchai ^d   Cadisch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Competition; ERT imaging; N; Soil water; Stable isotope discrimination; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLEY CROPPING; CARBON ISOTOPE; CROP YIELD; HEDGEROW; HILL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER SUPPLY;

THAILAND;

LEUCAENA HEDGEROWS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84938288409     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2455-z     Document Type: Article

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