alley cropping


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alley cropping

n.
A method of planting in which rows of a crop are sown between rows or hedges of nitrogen-fixing plants, the roots of which enrich the soil.
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Nutrient use efficiency in alley cropping systems in the Amazonian periphery.
Carrot yield and water-use efficiency under different mulching, organic fertilization and irrigation levels/Producao de cenoura e uso eficiente da agua sob cobertura morta vegetal, adubacao organica e niveis de irrigacao
The results showed that different nitrogen levels had significant (pless than 0.05) effect on number of productive tillers, grains per spike, 1000-grain weight and grain yield in each alley cropping system.
Interactive Effect of Integrated Nitrogen Management on Wheat Production in Acacia nilotica-and Eucalyptus camaldulensis-based Alley Cropping Systems
Agroforestry integrates trees with farming, such as lines of trees with crops growing between them (alley cropping), hedgerows, living fences, windbreaks, pasture trees, woodlots, and many other farming patterns.
Trees help to provide a financial buffer plus shelter on farmland; Trees can often be taken for granted, but they are a vital part of our Welsh countryside. Now Welsh farmers are being urged to plant more of them on their land to boost profitability and they are being given incentives to do so, as Sally Williams finds out
For instance, by planting vegetables under canopies of fruit, nut or legume trees--a technique known as "alley cropping"--you'll buffer the vegetable crops from temperature extremes and minimize potential danger from harsh climatic events such as hailstorms.
Grow food in drought & heat: these six strategies, along with dozens of recommended short-season annual crop varieties, will keep your garden thriving as the climate heats up
The hypothesis of this research is that nitrogen does not increase oat tolerance to negative interference from trees, so oat tillering persistence during grain production is not modified by nitrogen at distances relative to eucalyptus tracks in the alley cropping agroforestry system (ACS).
Oat tillering and tiller traits under different nitrogen levels in an eucalyptus agroforestry system in Subtropical Brazil/ Perfilhamento e caracteristicas dos perfilhos da aveia submetida a niveis de nitrogenio em sistema agroflorestal com eucalipto no subtropico brasileiro
Amongst the agroforestry systems practiced in Nigeria are integrated "taungya", alley cropping, shelter belts, home garden and boarder planting.
The barrier to women involvement in agro forestry and role of oil palm in Nigeria
Chinese systems (ridge tillage, contour cultivation, plastic mulch and INCOPLAST) were modified and adapted to Thai conditions, particularly with the use of local alley cropping techniques.
Agro-environmental lessons from the 'sustainable highland agriculture in South-East Asia' (Shasea) project/Zemes ukio ir aplinkosaugine patirtis vykdant projekta "tvarusis zemes ukis pietryciu azijos aukstumose"
Oke and Kadeba [11] in a study to determine the effects of four land use systems ; natural fallow, Cajanus fallow, alley cropping and continue cropping on the Nitrate content of an Alfisol.
Sustainable agroforestry potentials and climate change mitigation
* Alley cropping. Agroforestry is a type of system where trees or shrubs are grown for harvest alongside other crops.
Chapter 12: Cropping systems
The Effect of Mycorrhizal Inoculation on Productivity of Cassava and Hedgerow Trees in Continuing Alley Cropping System in Ajibode Village, Nigeria.
Effect of inoculation with Glomus mosseae on nutrient extraction and dry matter accumulation by Tithonia hedges growing on an ultisol in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
ALLEY CROPPING SYSTEMS can be designed for the joint production of herbage, livestock, and wood fiber.
Nitrogen effects on herbage nitrogen use and nutritive value in a meadow and loblolly pine alley
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