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| Riedel, Judith; Kägi, Nora; Armengot, Laura; Schneider, Monika. |
| Overaged full-sun cacao plantations and the need for sustainable production systems call for combining rehabilitation of plantations with the establishment of agroforestry. We tested the effect of drastic rehabilitation pruning of old cacao tree stock and the introduction of both high- and low-diversity agroforestry on survival, growth and yield of T. cacao in a commercial plantation in peninsular Malaysia over a period of 5 years. We further determined the incidence of pests and diseases of cacao pods and assessed the performance of the whole system for smallholder farmers, including yields of by-crops. Rehabilitation pruning negatively affected cacao tree development and short-term yield. No more effects of pruning on cacao yield were observed starting... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34484/1/Riedel_etal_2019_cacaoPruningAgroforestry_supp.pdf |
