Crop species diversity affects productivity and weed suppression in perennial polycultures under two management strategies

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 331-342

  Picasso, Valentín D ^a   Brummer, E Charles ^c   Liebman, Matt ^a   Dixon, Philip M ^b   Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 38949195292     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.04.0225     Document Type: Article

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