Environmental analysis of intensity level in wheat crop production using life cycle assessment

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 216-225

  Charles, R ^a   Jolliet, O ^b   Gaillard, G ^c   Pellet, D ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Station Agroscope Cadenazzo   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Fertilization; Grain quality; Life cycle assessment; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 32144436254     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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