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THE ECOLOGY OF INTERCROPPING
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| By: |
John H. Vandermeer |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£53.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521346894 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521346894 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 August, 1992 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
The practice of growing two or more crops together is widespread in the tropics and is becoming increasingly practised in temperate agriculture. This book shows how classical ecological principles can be applied to intercropping to improve nutrient exchange and yield and reduce weeds. |
| Synopsis: |
The practice of growing two or more crops together is widespread throughout the tropics and is becoming increasingly practised in temperate agriculture. The benefits of nutrient exchange, reduced weed competition and pathogen control can generate substantial improvements in growth and yield. In this book John Vandermeer, a leading worker on the subject, shows how classical ecological principles, especially those relating to competition and population ecology, can be applied to intercropping. Despite the large amount of research activity directed towards the subject over the last 20 years, the practice of intercropping has, until now, received very little serious academic attention. The Ecology of Intercropping is unique in approaching the question of intercropping from a theoretical point of view. In addition the details of the approach will take as their starting point well-accepted ecological theory. Using this basis the author shows how the approach can be used to design and evaluate intercropping systems to improve agricultural yields. |
| Illustrations: |
half-tones, line diagrams, references, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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