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Modelling agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) with laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) in Costa Rica

I. Inventory of organic matter and nutrients

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The agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) under laurel (Cordia alliodora) and cacao under poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) were studied at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. An inventory was taken of the organic matter and nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, and Mg) separating the species into their compartments (leaves, branches, trunks and roots). Studies of the litter and of the mineral soil (0–45 cm) yielded these results:

Patterns of nutrient accumulation are discussed in relation to the characteristics of these agroforestry systems.

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  1. University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

    L. Alpízar

  2. Technical Forestry Faculty, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. W. Fassbender

  3. Agroforestry Project, CATIE/GTZ Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Center, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    J. Heuveldop

  4. Faculty of Forest Sciences, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Fölster

  5. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

    G. Enríquez (Specialist in Cacao)

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Alpízar, L., Fassbender, H.W., Heuveldop, J. et al. Modelling agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) with laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) in Costa Rica. Agroforest Syst 4, 175–189 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02028353

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