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The Ecology of Intercropping

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Ecology of Intercropping
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John H. Vandermeer
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreAgronomy and crop production
ISBN/Barcode 9780521346894
ClassificationsDewey:631.58
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 August 1992
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Reviews

' ... an important step in the development of a theoretical framework for evaluating and designing intercrops.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution