This second edition, which includes 12 chapters, provides an important update on tree-crop interactions over the last two decades. Three new chapters have been added to describe the new advances in the relationship between climate change adaptation, rural development and how trees and agroforestry...

This chapter briefly describes the individual effects of tree-crop interactions (soil fertility improvement, soil conservation, microclimate improvement and competition) and suggests how these may be quantified.

This chapter reviews the beneficial and adverse effects of trees on crops with regard to water use and water balance, and considers how tree-crop interactions may change under different resource supply conditions and how the associated trade-offs may be controlled through management practices. The...

This chapter focuses on the adaptation of crops to their habitat, and specifically to shade. It also examines adaptation parameters (leaf morphology and anatomy, chloroplast structure and characteristics, chlorophyll content and fluorescence, and net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance) that...

The global water supply and demand are discussed, revealing water scarcity as an increasingly widespread agricultural constraint. The components of water balance are also discussed with particular reference to how the incorporation of trees in agricultural practices may affect the overall...

Traditional silvoarable systems occur in several parts of Greece and play an important role in the local economy. They also play a very important ecological role because they prevent soil erosion and surface runoff. Several combinations of trees and crops were identified in a survey conducted...

Results are presented of field experiments during 1998-2003 in the Manupali River Watershed (Mindanao, Philippines) designed to evaluate tree-based (Eucalyptus grandis) and improved fallow (sunflower and Tithonia diversifolia) production systems with annual crops (tomato, maize, beans [Phaseolus]...