Grain yield response of corn, soybean, and oat grown in a strip intercropping system

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 171-177

  Ghaffarzadeh, Mohammadreza ^a   Préchac, Fernando García ^b   Cruse, Richard M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

cropping systems; plant water stress; rainfall

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARABLE FARMING; GRAIN YIELD; INTER-CROPPING SYSTEM; YIELD EFFECT;

USA, (MIDWEST);

EID: 0028591269     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: 14785498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0889189300005932     Document Type: Article

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