In plantation cropping in the tropics much use has been made of shade trees and cover crops in the hope of mitigating some of the harsher effects of the climate on crop and soil. Recently, however, it has been suggested that these practices can be dispensed with so long as manuring is liberal, and the issue will not be settled until long-term work expands our knowledge of the factors involved in this complex ecological problem.
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