Water use of agroforestry systems in semi-arid India
- International Crops Research Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh (India)
- Univ. of Nottingham (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physiology and Environmental Science
The increased productivity or yield advantage provided by intercropping and agroforestry systems is often attributed to the premise that mixtures of species make better use of environmental resources than when the same species are grown separately. The components complement each other because they make their major demand on resources at different times (temporal complementarity) or use resources more efficiently at a given point in time (spatial complementarity). However, mixed stands do not use resources more efficiently than sole stands when the component species compete for the same limited resources. This paper examines the evidence for interactions for physical resources in three major types of agroforestry systems, and highlights the importance of below-ground interactions, which are still poorly understood.
- OSTI ID:
- 140049
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9102202-; ISBN 0-471-93561-1; TRN: IM9332%%29
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International symposium on growth and water use of forest plantations, Bangalore (India), 4-7 Feb 1991; Other Information: PBD: 1992; Related Information: Is Part Of Growth and water use of forest plantations; Calder, I.R.; Hall, R.L. [eds.] [Inst. of Hydrology, Wallingford (United Kingdom)]; Adlard, P.G. [ed.] [Oxford Forestry Inst. (United Kingdom)]; PB: 395 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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