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Maximizing crop yield in alley crops

Maximizing crop yield in alley crops A simple graphical model is presented illustrating the balance between facilitation and competition necessary for maximizing crop yield in alley cropping systems. Three functions are composed into the decision function: (1) the percent increase in crop yield from facilitation resulting from prunings, (2) the amount of prunings resulting from different tree densities, and (3) the percent reduction in crop yield from competition from trees. The resulting function illustrates how the balance between facilitation and competition may provide a window of opportunity for the beneficial use of alley crops. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agroforestry Systems Springer Journals

Maximizing crop yield in alley crops

Agroforestry Systems , Volume 40 (2) – Feb 1, 1998

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Agriculture; Forestry
ISSN
0167-4366
eISSN
1572-9680
DOI
10.1023/A:1006072303989
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Abstract

A simple graphical model is presented illustrating the balance between facilitation and competition necessary for maximizing crop yield in alley cropping systems. Three functions are composed into the decision function: (1) the percent increase in crop yield from facilitation resulting from prunings, (2) the amount of prunings resulting from different tree densities, and (3) the percent reduction in crop yield from competition from trees. The resulting function illustrates how the balance between facilitation and competition may provide a window of opportunity for the beneficial use of alley crops.

Journal

Agroforestry SystemsSpringer Journals

Published: Feb 1, 1998

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