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VII. Suggested Reading
Avery MA, Cannel MGR and Ong CK. 2005. 
Biophysical Research for Asian Agroforestry
. Oxford
and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Mac Dicken, KG and Vergara NT. 1989. 
Agroforestry-classification and Management.
Nair PKR. 1993
. An Introduction to Agroforestry
. Kluwer Academic Pub.
Ong CK and P Huxley. 2002. 
Tree-Crop Interactions- A Physiological approach
, CAB
International.
Patra AK. 2013. 
Agroforestry-Principles and Practices
. New India Publishing AGENCY, New
Delhi (India).
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture (s)
Theory
1.
Tree-crop interphase- biological factors affecting form and function
in woody and non-woody plant mixtures
02
2.
Nature and types of interactions- positive and negative, aboveground
and belowground interactions- competition, complementarity in
resource sharing
02
3.
Methodforquantifyinginteractions
01
4.
Principlesof resource capture and utilization of light and water,
nutrition and space
02

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Forestry–Silviculture and Agroforestry
535
5.
Tree-soil-crop interactions- nitrogen fixing trees interactions
in agroforestry systems
02
6.
Allelopathy. Use of radioisotopes in tree-crop interaction studies
02
7.
Root distribution of trees and crops-competition and/ or complementarity 02
8.
Animal-tree-crop interaction
01
9.
Management options to neutralize negative interactions –
management of competitive interactions in agroforestry, tree
husbandry
01
10.
Practices for alleviating competition- tree density manipulation,
pruning, mixture of trees and herbaceous crops
02
Total
17
Practical
1.
Different methods for quantifying interactions
2
2.
Studies on allelopathy
2
3.
Effect, microclimate modifications, different plant mixtures, tree-soil-
crop interactions
4
4.
Estimation of Land EquivalentRatio, Estimation of competition
indices, Measurement and interpretation of light interception in
agroforestry systems
4
5.
Interpretation of yield responses to shelter, soil water and
drainage emeasurement, transpiration measurement, quantifying
root distribution
4
Total
16