SCREENING FOR PROMISING TREES TO ASSOCIATE WITH COFFEE IN CENTRAL AMERICA J.G. Bellow ' , R.G. Muschler2 2 School of Forest Resources and Conservation , Univ . Of Florida , Gainesville FI 32611 , U.S.A. Development of Agroforestry ...

CATIE , Turrialba ( Costa Rica ) . Programa de Agricultura Tropical Sostenible . ... 032 Bellow , J.G .; Muschler , R.G. Screening for promising trees to associate with coffee in Central America . CATIE , Turrialba ( Costa Rica ) .

Screening for promising trees to associates with coffee in Central America . In : Actas IV Semana Científica del CATIE . CATIE , Turrialba , Costa Rica . 6-9 de abril , 1999. Pp . 196-198 . Bellow , J.G. , Muschler , R. G. 1999.

Screening for promising trees to associates with coffee in Central America . In : Actas IV Semana Científica del CATIE . CATIE , Turrialba , Costa Rica . 6-9 de abril , 1999. Pp . 196-198 . Bellow , J.G. , Muschler , R. G. 1999.

Screening for promising tree associates for coffee in Central America 21 1594 J. G. Bellow ' , R. G. Muschler2 Introduction Declining prices for coffee , rising prices for inputs , and environmental problems such as soil erosion and ...

It is essential that varieties of promising species be available for the use of small and medium - scale farmers , to help ... Throughout the Central American Isthmus , low - yield agriculture ( marginal ) and livestock usually occupy ...

( 30221 ) Resumen : After a brief description of the history of agroforestry in Central America , an account is ... The research described is on : taungya ; shade trees in coffee and cacao fields ; growing trees with annual crops or ...

A similar selection was carried out for weed pathogens against Rottboellia cochinchinensis , finding promising native ... and Phytophthora infestans in tomato ; Mycosphaerella fijiensis in banana and Rosellinia bunodes in coffee trees .

The most important foliage diseases affecting coffee in Central America are coffee rust ( Hemileia vastatrix ) and ... In CATIE , promising V. lecanii strains have been selected and mass producted using fermenting equipment with a basic ...

Promising traditional agroforestry systems in Central America are nearly invariably found on better than marginal sites , Examples are the coffee and shade combinations , the association of alder trees with pastures and the systems of ...