What is it about?

It shows how much and how efficiently rubber and banana crops capture and utilize sunlight under field conditions

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Why is it important?

For the first time, this demonstrates intercropping systems promote the growth of rubber due to the amelioration crop microclimate

Perspectives

We expect rubber growers adopt intercropping systems more confidently since it promotes the growth of rubber

Lakshman Rodrigo
Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka

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This page is a summary of: Intercropping with banana to improve fractional interception and radiation-use efficiency of immature rubber plantations, Field Crops Research, March 2001, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4290(00)00147-7.
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