Tree growth and management in Ugandan agroforestry systems: effects of root pruning on tree growth and crop yield

Tree growth and management in Ugandan agroforestry systems: effects of root pruning on tree growth and crop yield.

Tree root pruning is a potential tool for managing belowground competition when trees and crops are grown together in agroforestry systems. We investigated the effects of tree root pruning on shoot growth and root distribution of Alnus acuminata (H.B. & K.), Casuarina equisetifolia L., Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br., Maesopsis eminii Engl. and Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. and on yie...

effect of seed priming and irrigation regimes on yield,yield components and quality of safflowers cultivars

این مطالعه در سال 1386-87 در آزمایشگاه و مزرعه پژوهشی دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان به منظور تعیین مناسب ترین تیمار بذری و ارزیابی اثر پرایمینگ بر روی سه رقم گلرنگ تحت سه رژیم آبیاری انجام گرفت. برخی از مطالعات اثرات سودمند پرایمینگ بذر را بر روی گیاهان مختلف بررسی کرده اند اما در حال حاضر اطلاعات کمی در مورد خصوصیات مربوط به جوانه زنی، مراحل نموی، عملکرد و خصوصیات کمی و کیفی بذور تیمار شده ژنوتیپ های م...

Evapotranspiration changes of reference Crop during the growth stages of apple tree in Urmia and Semirom cities

  The evapotranspiration of the reference Crop is of particular importance due to the changes in climate parameters of temperature, sunlight, humidity and wind speed in combination. the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of climate change on evapotranspiration of apple during the growing season.For this purpose, the ECMWF database has been used for observation data of Semirom ...

Push and pull factors promoting agroforestry tree crop uncontrolled extraction on rural households in Delta State, Nigeria

The purpose of this study was to determine the push and pull factors promoting agroforestry tree crop depletion on rural household in Delta State. A multistage sampling technique was used. The sample size for the study was 120 farmers. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed with descriptive statistics such as chart, means derived from 5-point like...

Effects of salinity and drought stress on growth and echophysiolgical parameters in carob tree seedlings (Ceratonia siliqua L.)