Effect of tree density on productivity of a Prosopis cineraria agroforestry system in North Western India

The Effects of a Jatropha Curcas-Based Agroforestry System on Soil Water Dynamics and Groundnut Yield in Sudano-Sahelian Zone, Senegal.

“…These observations corroborate those of Raddad and Luukkanen (2007) in a semi-arid region in Sudan, who reported no significant changes to stored water with the combination of Acacia senegal and sorghum or sesame compared to monocropping the annual crops. The same conclusion was drawn for the combination of Prosopis cineraria with Vigna radiata, and with Pennisetum glaucum in India (Singh et al, 2007). The advantages of associating Jatropha and groundnut in the same field could also be seen through the relatively high values of LER for C6X6 and C3X3 and treatments (LER ˃1).…”

Ecophysiology of deciduous plants grown at different densities in the semiarid region of Brazil

“…It is possible that tree height and biomass be negatively affected by the implementation of agroforestry systems (Lott et al 2000, Singh et al 2007). On the other hand, Will et al (2001) did not observe any effect of plant density on leaf respiration or net photosynthesis.…”

Productivity of Cyamopsistetragonoloba in Prosopis cineraria and Tecomellaundulata based agroforestry systems in Western arid region of India

“…Soil pH is 8.8. Soil depth is 80 cm underlain with a hardpan of calcium carbonate aggregates (Singh et al, 2007;Singh and Singh, 2015).…”

“…Tree on farmlands has shown potential to increase and sustain food production per unit area in the systems (Khan and Tewari, 2009) by ways of usingleguminous trees intercropped (Singh et al, 2007;Sileshi et al, 2008) and integrating trees with crops in hillslopes (Ballaet al, 2014). It is considered as a promising approach in enhancing livelihood security (Glover et al, 2012;Jat et al, 2011), largely because the trees are associated with enhancing and sustaining soil health and therefore crop production (Singh, 2009;Barrios et al, 2012).…”

“…It is considered as a promising approach in enhancing livelihood security (Glover et al, 2012;Jat et al, 2011), largely because the trees are associated with enhancing and sustaining soil health and therefore crop production (Singh, 2009;Barrios et al, 2012). Trees products like fodder, fuel and construction materialsare in high demand in rural areas and if produced on farm it may reduce the costs of obtaining them off-farm and reducing the pressure on forests (Parandiyal et al, 1998;Singh et al, 2007). While timber production generates additional revenue (Bertomeu, 2006), fruits obtained from trees enhances both income (Parandiyal et al, 1998;Luedeling and Buerkert, 2008) and human nutrition (Goenster et al, 2009;Kehlenbeck et al, 2013).…”