1985-01-01 Multiple cropping, simply defined, is the growing of two or more crops on the same field during the same year. When the crops are grown one after another the term "sequential cropping" is applied. If the second or later crops are the result of regrowth of the first crop, then the term "ratoon...
1983-01-01 This two volume set contains extensive information on multiple cropping in the humid tropics to achieve maximum land usage. (Vol. 1, Ch. 1-9, 344 pages, charts) (Vol. 2, Ch. 10-16, 240 pages, charts)
This book should be of great value to scientists and educators around the world as they try to develop improved multiple cropping systems. Reviews of current research results are enlightening as are discussions of what research is needed in the future. In the long run, the authors of this book...
Although agricultural systems in which two or more useful plants are grown simultaneously on the same area have been receiving increasing attention in recent years, the practice has long been recognized as a way in which farmers in the tropics and subtropics with limited land resources can...