Poplar and Wheat Agroforestry System

This book is useful literature for researchers who are working on poplar based agroforestry systems particularly in South Asia. It provides Comprehensive information on tree-crop interactions.Boundary plantation of tree is very common practice of farmers of North-Western India. Eucalyptus boundary plantation was very popular with the farmers during mid eighties but owing to lower market price and large reduction in grain yield of adjoining crops has discouraged the farmers for its further planting. For boundary plantation now poplar is getting popularized with the farmers.

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Dr. Narinder Kumar Sharma did his Ph.D. in the year 1999 from Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut. He received advanced training in Agro-forestry from Mississippi State University, USA during 1991-92. He is Principal Scientist (Agronomy) and Acting Head of the Division of Soil Science and Agronomy at CSWCRTI(ICAR),Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.