Managing maize production in shifting cultivation milpa systems in Yucatán, through weed control and manure application

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Parsons, David ^a   Ramírez Aviles, Luis ^b   Cherney, Jerome H ^c   Ketterings, Quirine M ^c   Blake, Robert W ^c   Nicholson, Charles F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Manure; Milpa; Shifting cultivation; Weed control

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; MANURE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WEED CONTROL;

MERIDA [YUCATAN]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649378410     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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