Competition and productivity in mixture of oats and wheat

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 377-385

  Sobkowicz, P ^a   Tendziagolska, E ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Additive design; Avena sativa; Crop mixture; Plant competition; Substitutive design; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROPPING PRACTICE; WHEAT; YIELD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DOLNOSLASKIE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD; WROCLAW;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 26844560006     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2005.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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