Ecological services of faba bean

Field Crops Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-233

  Köpke, Ulrich ^a   Nemecek, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; BNF; Break crop; Diversification; Environmental off site benefits; Faba bean; Intercropping; Precrop effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROP ROTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OZONE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

GLYCINE MAX; VICIA FABA;

EID: 73749087549     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.10.012     Document Type: Review

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