Tree-Crop Interactions: A Physiological Approach

Tree-Crop Interactions: A Physiological Approach

Edited by C K Ong, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya; P A Huxley, formerly of ICRAF

Pub Date: June 1996
Paperback
416 pages

Readership
Students, research workers and practitioners in plant and crop physiology and agroforestry.

Main Description
The potential role and benefits of agroforestry in sustainable agriculture have been recognized for some time. However, until recently there has been only a limited amount of quantitative physiological evidence to support this. This book breaks new ground in showing how the principles of crop physiology can be applied to the understanding of tree-crop interactions.

Main Contents
• Contributors
• Preface Peter Huxley
• A Framework for quantifying the various effects of tree-crop interactions C K Ong
• Mixed cropping of annuals and woody perennials: An analytical approach to productivity and management R Ranganathan and C T de Wit
• Mulch and shade model for optimum alley cropping design depending on soil fertility M van Noordwijk
• Principles of resource capture and utilisation of light and water C K Ong, C R Black, F M Marshall and J E Corlett
• Microclimatic modifications in agroforestry A J Brenner
• The water balance of mixed tree-crop systems J S Wallace
• Biological factors affecting form and function in woody/non-woody plant mixtures P Huxley
• Tree-soil-crop interactions on slopes D P Garrity
• Root distribution of trees and crops: Competition and/or complementarity M van Noordwijk, G Lawson, A Soumarι, J J R Groot and K Hairiah
• Woody/non-woody plant mixtures: some afterthoughts P Huxley