Completed Competitive Grant

Evaluation of three cropping systems grown under the influence of a shelterbelt

Project ID: 1998-26

Abstract

Shelterbelts have the potential to influence growth and yield from various cropping systems. On-farm tests were conducted to determine how shelterbelts interacted with corn, corn/soybean, and strip intercropping.

Lead investigator: Carl W. Mize, ISU Forestry

Year of grant completion: 2001

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Agroforestry, Conservation practices

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