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Gliricidia sepium and fertilization affect growth, nutrient status, and incidence of Hypsipyla grandella in a Cedrela odorata plantation

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Gliricidia sepium has the ability to recruit and release nutrients, increasing primary productivity of forest sites. There are no reports documenting intercroping of G. sepium and Cedrela odorata and few studies examining nutrient supply as strategies to decrease incidence of Hypsipyla grandella in C. odorata plantations. In this study, intercroping of G. sepium and C. odorata and fertilization with N and P was tested in order to examine the effects of such factors on growth, nutrient status, and incidence of H. grandella on C. odorata trees. Twelve treatments fourfold replicated and derived from a 3 × 2 × 2 set of factors were randomly established within the experimental site. During 12 months, growth and pest-incidence variables were measured quarterly and monthly, respectively. K and Mg were the most deficient nutrients in the experimental site. Interplanting three G. sepium trees per plot increased K and Mg availability, thus improving C. odorata nutrient status and minimizing incidence of the pest during the first year. N supply did not improve C. odorata growth nor did it affect the incidence of H. grandella. P promoted tree height.

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Authors acknowledge Mexican Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) for supporting part of the research work through the scholarship awarded the first author. We also thank Mr. Jaime Montero Montero, for the facilities provided, and Consultora para el Desarrollo Rural y Ordenamiento Ambiental S.A. de C.V. “Cedro”, Xalapa, Veracruz, for donating the C. odorata seedlings.

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  1. Postgrado en Ciencias Forestales, Campus Montecillo, Km 36,5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo, 56230, Texcoco, Estado de México, Mexico

    Flor María Montero-Solís, Miguel Ángel López-López, Marcos Jiménez-Casas & Víctor Manuel Cetina-Alcalá

  2. Postgrado en Agroecosistemas Tropicales, Campus Veracruz,, Colegio de Postgraduados, Carr. Xalapa-Veracruz Km 88.5 Tepetates, 91690, Municipio De Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Veracruz, Mexico

    Diego Esteban Platas-Rosado & Catalino Jorge López-Collado

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Montero-Solís, F.M., López-López, M.Á., Jiménez-Casas, M. et al. Gliricidia sepium and fertilization affect growth, nutrient status, and incidence of Hypsipyla grandella in a Cedrela odorata plantation. Agroforest Syst 93, 813–823 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0175-5

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