Treecrop interactions: manipulation of water use and root function

CK Ong, J Wilson, JD Deans, J Mulayta… - Agricultural water …, 2002 - Elsevier
… This paper describes recent research findings on treecrop … land and water are currently
used; the trade-offs between crop … effects of tree root-pruning on competition with crops and the …

Regional differences in treecrop competition due to soil, climate and management

NI Huth, MJ Robertson, PL Poulton - Crop and Pasture Science, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
… detrimental impacts on crops relying upon stored soil water. … and crop management system
will result in treecrop competition … of competition between trees and neighbouring crops in a …

Competition for water and nutrients in forests

EKS Nambiar, R Sands - Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 1993 - cdnsciencepub.com
Competition for water and nutrients between trees and other … between tree and weeds in
production forests, and trees and … Competition for water and nutrients by a plant is registered …

Competition for water in a pecan (Carya illinoensis K. Koch) – cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) alley cropping system in the southern United States

RH Wanvestraut, S Jose, PKR Nair, BJ Brecke - Agroforestry Systems, 2004 - Springer
… The results suggest that trenching or even deep disking parallel to the tree row may reduce
competition for water, but the impact on tree growth cannot be established from this study. …

Defining competition vectors in a temperate alley cropping system in the midwestern USA: 2. Competition for water

S Jose, AR Gillespie, JR Seifert, DJ Biehle - Agroforestry systems, 2000 - Springer
… In our study, the effect of competition for water by trees was further exacerbated by the late
season drought experienced mainly by the ‘no barrier’ plants during the critical periods of …

Resource competition across the crop-tree interface in a maize-silver maple temperate alley cropping stand in Missouri

AW Miller, SG Pallardy - Agroforestry systems, 2001 - Springer
… Soil water availability on the crop side of the crop-tree interface was higher in the presence
… of silver maple roots did increase competition for soil water at the interface. Hauser and …

A model of tree-crop competition for windbreak systems in the Sahel: description and evaluation

M Mayus, H Van Keulen, L Stroosnijder - … papers from a workshop held in …, 1999 - Springer
… for analysing the effects of competition for soil water and radiation between windbreak and
… -cropping system. We intend to use this simulation tool to assess the tree-crop competition

[PDF][PDF] A physiological basis for management of water use by tree crops

DA White, CL Beadle, M Battaglia… - … Forestry and Water …, 2000 - researchgate.net
… the tree-environment interactions that determine water use by … varying leaf area on the
components of water use in E. globulus … while minimising tree-crop competition. Contour-planted …

Effects of tree competition on corn and soybean photosynthesis, growth, and yield in a temperate tree-based agroforestry intercropping system in southern Ontario …

PE Reynolds, JA Simpson, NV Thevathasan… - Ecological …, 2007 - Elsevier
… to investigate tree competitive effects (ie, shading and competition for soil moisture) on
under-story crop net assimilation … In this study, competition for water was of lesser importance than …

Roots, soil water and crop yield: tree crop interactions in a semi-arid agroforestry system in Kenya

HO Odhiambo, CK Ong, JD Deans, J Wilson… - Plant and soil, 2001 - Springer
… to determine whether competition with crops by Grevillea robusta … water than Grevillea
trees suggesting that competition for water was the most important interaction between the trees