Life cycle assessment of the winter wheat-summer maize production system on the North China Plain

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-407

  Wang, Mingxin ^a,b   Wu, Wenliang ^a   Liu, Wenna ^a   Bao, Yonghong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; North china plain; Summer maize; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WHEAT; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548178464     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500709469740     Document Type: Article

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