Forest Research: Open Access
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Department of Agriculture, Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Tree Stocking Influences Maize Biomass and Grain Yield Under Tree Intercropping Systems in Semi-arid Ethiopia
  Author(s): Wondwossen Gebretsadik*
  
  Tree intercropping induces complementary interactions and enhances intercropped yield if woody components are in the right stocking and matching with herbaceous components in agroforestry systems. This study investigated the effect of tree thinning on maize crop and biomass yield in a long term tree intercropping trial. The experimental layout for the trial was RCBD with four replications having treatments including Faidherbia albida, Moringa stenopetala, Acacia nilotica, Cordia africana, mix of tree species and crop alone (control) plots. An experimental plot within a block comprised 64 trees planted at 5m spacing between trees in 8 rows and maize variety Melkassa -II was intercropped in the corridor between rows of trees. Six years later thinning that increased with in row spacing of trees from 5 m to 10 m was applied selectively on tr.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9776.21.10.294

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