Interactions between plant nutrients, water and carbon dioxide as factors limiting crop yields

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1356, 1997, Pages 987-996

  Gregory, P J ^a   Simmonds, L P ^a   Warren, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP YIELD; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; RAINFALL; WATER SUPPLY;

KENYA; NIGER; SYRIA;

EID: 0030829454     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0077     Document Type: Article

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