Deployment of diversity for enhanced crop function

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-322

  Newton, A C ^a   Begg, G S ^a   Swanston, J S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop diversity; Disease; Heterogeneity; Mixtures; Resilience; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; PROFITABILITY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 65549138078     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00303.x     Document Type: Review

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