Is crop improvement still needed?

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Evans, L T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arable land; Cereal yield; Crop improvement; Irrigated area; Nitrogen fertilizer use; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444440115     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J411v14n01_01     Document Type: Article

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