Intercropping in field vegetables as an approach to sustainable horticulture

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Theunissen, Jan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0040515309     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003072709702600206     Document Type: Article

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